Greek culture in which the anecdote seems to come into its own as a form,
at least to judge from the literary evidence, our only evidence, in which the
collection of discrete short tales or examples becomes a prevalent style of
writing. This happens at the same time that the range of traditional mythic
narratives is drastically restricted in subject matter, exposition, and detail.
No one could sensibly deny that the Second Sophistic is a culture that
privileges literacy in its dedication topaideia, but that makes the role of the
anecdote and its link into oral performance all the more interesting.
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