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Guo, Zilong

 
9783161646881: Commentary on the Pseudonymous Letters of Aeschines
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3161646886 ISBN 13 : 9783161646881
Editeur : Mohr Siebeck, 2025

Synopsis

Through a comprehensive introduction and detailed commentary, Zilong Guo reappraises the letters attributed to the Attic orator Aeschines. These letters merit a place in Greek literature for their synthesis of preexisting literary forms. Letters 2, 3, 7, 11, and 12 imitate the letters of Demosthenes in a manner akin to rhetorical exercises. Letters 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 exhibit features reminiscent of the epistolary fiction that flourished in the first centuries AD. Letter 4 is a prose paraphrase of Pindar's victory odes. Like other literary forgeries, these letters are both problematic and fascinating. Likely products of rhetorical culture, they nevertheless hold a unique place as early - and remarkably successful - examples of how literary and political trends were interwoven to (re)shape the Classical tradition.

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À propos de l'auteur

Born 1988; PhD in Classical Studies from the University of Edinburgh; Professor of Classics at the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.

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Éditeur
Mohr Siebeck
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3161646886
ISBN 13 
9783161646881
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
428
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