Dio Chrysostom is a major representative of the flourishing world of the Greeks under Rome. He offers an impressive range of high-quality writing, social comment, and appraisal of Rome's Empire at its height. This volume presents eleven new assessments by an international team of experts who for the first time study Dio's politics alongside his philosophy and writing.

`Review from other book by this author Swain has plotted a cautious and helpful path through the lexical maze, while never losing sight of the larger view.' Times Literary Supplement `This volume is a scholarly discussion of the attitudes of Greek intellectuals in the Roman Empire...From this meticulous examination of second sophistic literati Swain draws two broad conclusions that challenge traditional opinion...This book is a must for anyone interested in the evolution of Greek culture and the second sophistic.' Richard M. Berhold, History. `Simon Swain's huge and detailed account of the main writers of the Second Sophistic will be an invaluable reference book for everyone studying or using Greek primary sources for ancient art.' Courtauld Institute `Hellenism and Empire is a significant and much needed advance in a most important and unexplored field.' Jas Elsner `Learned social analysis that will interest both specialists and informed readers generally.' CHOICE