Abstract
AbstractThea.d.362/3 crisis in Antioch is usually interpreted as an economic or ideological crisis, and Julian'sMisopogonas a ‘festive satire’ or ‘edict of chastisement’. This article situates the root of the problem in a crisis of communication: Julian's failure to communicate publicly as expected in a situation that was tense because of the food shortage led to a short-circuit between emperor and subjects. Whilst theMisopogonis Julian's extraordinarypost-factumattempt to explain away this failure of ritualized communication on his part, Libanius’ speeches on the topic seek to give a positive twist to the extraordinary nature of Julian's reply, which posed serious problems for emperor, city, and sophist alike.
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