Ancient Greek Literary Letters: Selections in Translation.

Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.:

ISBN 10: 0415285518 / ISBN 13: 9780415285513

Published by London, New York: Routledge, 2006

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VIII, 168 p. Lediglich der Einband ist leicht berieben, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only the cover is slightly rubbed, otherwise a good and clean copy without annotations. - CONTENTS 201 Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Classical Greek literary letters Introduction Classical Greek literary letters: the texts Euripides 15 Herodotus 18 Thucydides 20 Xenophon 21 2 Hellenistic literary letters Introduction Hellenistic literary letters: the texts Antiphanes 26 "The Greek Anthology": Rufinus and Philodemus 27 "Anacreontea" 27 3 Letters and prose fictions of the Second Sophistic Introduction Letters and prose fictions of the Second Sophistic: the texts Lucian 34 Phlegon of Tralleis 38 Chariton 41 Achilles Tatius 44 "The Story of Apollonius King of Tyre" 45 4 The epistolary novella Introduction The epistolary novella: the texts "The Letters of Themistocles" 56 "Chion of Heraclea" 82 5 Pseudo-historical letter collections of the Second Sophistic Introduction Pseudo-historical letter collections of the Second Sophistic: the texts Aeschines 103 Anacharsis 105 Apollonius 108 Demosthenes 110 Diogenes 112 Hippocrates and Democritus 113 Isocrates 117 Plato 119 Socrates and the Socratics 123 "Letters of the seven sages": Solon and Thales 127 6 Invented correspondences, imaginary voices Introduction Invented correspondences, imaginary voices: the texts Aelian 138 Alciphron 141 Philostratus 157 Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780415285513 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 327.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Greek Literary Letters: Selections in Translation.
• Publisher: London, New York: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415285518
• ISBN 13: 9780415285513
• Binding: Paperback.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 327 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Klassische Philologie

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Synopsis

The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem.

Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters of Themistocles.

The book will be valuable for all students of Greek literature especially those studying Greek (and Latin) letter.

About the Author

Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.