Greek and Latin Letters: An Anthology with Translation (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

ISBN 10: 0521499437 / ISBN 13: 9780521499439

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2003

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR006152619

Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l?auteur: Michael Trapp is Reader in Greek in the Department of Classics, King's College London. He is the author of the Dialexeis of Maximus of Tyre.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Greek and Latin Letters: An Anthology with ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good