Greek Fictional Letters

Name: Greek Fictional Letters
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ISBN: 9780199245468

ISBN-10: 0199245460

ISBN-13: 9780199245468

Edition: 2001

Authors: C. D. N. Costa

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The book explores a relatively unfamiliar and under-appreciated area of Greek literature, imaginary letters written between about 100 BC and 500 AD. They are imaginary or fictional either because both writer and recipient are invented, or because they are attributed to real historical characters. In the latter group, the real authors are unknown, whereas we know at least the names of those in the first group. Letter writing, real and fictional, was an important activity in this period, which was also the time that the sophists or professional rhetoricians were very influential in the political and educational life particularly of the Greek east. Many of our authors clearly were sophists…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English