Ancient Greek Literary Letters
Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.
Ancient Greek Literary Letters - Taylor & Francis 2006
Open Access
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.
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English
9780203964781 9780415285506;9780415285513;9781134451050;9781134451043;9781134451005
10.4324/9780203964781 doi
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Social & cultural history
epistolary novella iphigenia aulis tauris pseudonymous collection achilles tatius exchange
Ancient Greek Literary Letters - Taylor & Francis 2006
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9780203964781 9780415285506;9780415285513;9781134451050;9781134451043;9781134451005
10.4324/9780203964781 doi
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Social & cultural history
epistolary novella iphigenia aulis tauris pseudonymous collection achilles tatius exchange