Böcker av Graham Anderson

Was there a Cinderella tale in the ancient world?The volume begins by asking how we can attempt to define folklore in the first place, and how we can make sense of the vast amount of materials available.

Presenting the sophists' roles as civic celebrities, side-by-side with their roles as transmitters of Hellenic culture, Anderson produces a co-ordinated view of the second sophistic as a complex phenomenon.

This study examines the lifestyle and behaviour of the "holy-men" of the early Roman Empire, asking how and why they acquired the prestige they did, and how they turned into objects of successful religious cults.

The first modern study of the ancient fairytale, it bridges a major gap between the study of the ancient world and the wider world of oral culture, and will be of immense value and interest to students of a wide variety of disciplines.