Ancient Greek letter writing a cultural history (600 BC- 150 BC)
Ceccarelli offers a history of the development of letter writing in ancient Greece from the archaic to the early Hellenistic period. Highlighting the specificity of letter-writing, the volume looks at documentary letters and traces the role of embedded letters in the texts of the ancient historians,...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2014, 2014
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Ceccarelli offers a history of the development of letter writing in ancient Greece from the archaic to the early Hellenistic period. Highlighting the specificity of letter-writing, the volume looks at documentary letters and traces the role of embedded letters in the texts of the ancient historians, in drama, and in the speeches of the orators |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9780191757174 |