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Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. [xxiii], 240 p. "The book covers the intellectual world of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD amrked with the "Second Sophistic" current. Its heroes include the sophists, rhetors, philosophers and physicians. Based on inscriptions and ancient sources mentioning them, their positions in the society, their educational backgrounds, economic conditions, their interrelations and professional hierarchy are examined. The book also includes a comprehensive catalogue of the Greek inscriptions on these heroes found in Turkey and their Turkish translations".