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Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.: Greek and Latin Letters : An Anthology with Translation by P. E. Easterling (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521499437
ISBN-139780521499439
eBay Product ID (ePID)1934660
Product Key Features
Number of Pages360 Pages
Publication NameGreek and Latin Letters : an Anthology with Translation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / General, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorP. E. Easterling
SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-031214
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal880
Table Of ContentIntroduction; A. Private letters (1-60); B. Public life and official correspondence (61-70); C. Embedded letters (71-2); D. Epistolary theory (73-6); Commentary.
SynopsisThe seventy-eight letters in this Anthology are selected both for their intrinsic interest and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c.500 BC and c.400 AD, they include naive and high-style, "real" and "fictitious," and classical and patristic items., The 78 letters in this Anthology are selected both for their intrinsic interest, and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c. 500 BC and c. 400 AD, they include naive and high-style, 'real' and 'fictitious', and classical and patristic items., The 78 letters in this Anthology (41 Greek, 36 Latin and 1 bilingual, with facing English translation) are selected both for their intrinsic interest, and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c. 500 BC and c. 400 AD, they include naive and high-style, 'real' and 'fictitious', and classical and patristic items: Cicero, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, Pliny, Julian, Basil and Augustine are juxtaposed with Phalaris, Diogenes, Chion, and the authors of letters on lead, wood, papyrus and stone. Four final items exemplify ancient epistolary theory. The Commentary, besides providing contextual and linguistic assistance, draws attention to specifically epistolary features and to different stylistic levels of Greek and Latin represented. Epistolary topics and formulae are discussed in the Introduction, which also provides biographical and bibliographical information on all texts and authors included, and a history of letter-writing and letter-reading in antiquity., The seventy-eight letters in this Anthology are selected both for their intrinsic interest and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c.500 BC and c.400 AD, they include naive and high-style, "real" and "fictitious", and classical and patristic items.
LC Classification NumberPA3487.E4G74 2003
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