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Private Orations of Themistius
Inbunden, 1999
824 kr
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Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the fourth century A.D. In this first translation of Themistius' private orations to be published in English, Robert J. Penella makes accessible texts that shed significant light on the …
Man and the Word
The Orations of Himerius
Av Himerius, Robert J. Penella
Inbunden, 2007
1181 kr
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This fully annotated volume offers the first English translation of the orations of Himerius of Athens, a prominent teacher of rhetoric in the fourth century A.D. "Man and the Word" contains 79 surviving orations and fragments of orations in the grand tradition of imperial Greek rhetoric. The …
Private Orations of Themistius
E-bok, 1999
1155 kr
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Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the fourth century A.D. In this first translation of Themistius''s private orations to be published in English, Robert J. Penella makes accessible texts that shed significant light on the …
Man and the Word
The Orations of Himerius
Av Himerius, Robert J. Penella
E-bok, 2007
1414 kr
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This fully annotated volume offers the first English translation of the orations of Himerius of Athens, a prominent teacher of rhetoric in the fourth century A.D. Man and the Word contains 79 surviving orations and fragments of orations in the grand tradition of imperial Greek rhetoric. The …
Rhetorical Exercises from Late Antiquity
A Translation of Choricius of Gaza's Preliminary Talks and Declamations
Av Choricius, Robert J. Penella
Inbunden, 2009
1920 kr
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The first translation, produced by a team of eight scholars, of the Declamations and Preliminary Talks of the sixth-century sophist Choricius of Gaza. Declamations, deliberative or judicial orations on fictitious themes, were the fundamental advanced exercises of the rhetorical schools of the Roman …
Libanius: Ten Mythological and Historical Declamations
Introduction, Translation, and Notes
Inbunden, 2020
1828 kr
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This book offers translations of ten rhetorical declamations of the fourth-century AD sophist Libanius of Antioch and some related texts, almost all appearing for the first time in a modern language. In these works the declaimer impersonates such mythological or historical figures as Poseidon, …
Rhetorical Exercises from Late Antiquity
A Translation of Choricius of Gaza's Preliminary Talks and Declamations
Av Choricius, Robert J. Penella
Häftad, 2019
442 kr
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The first translation, produced by a team of eight scholars, of the Declamations and Preliminary Talks of the sixth-century sophist Choricius of Gaza. Declamations, deliberative or judicial orations on fictitious themes, were the fundamental advanced exercises of the rhetorical schools of the Roman …
Letters of Apollonius of Tyana
A Critical Text with Prolegomena, Translation and Commentary by R.J. Penella
Häftad, 1979
547 kr
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