Libanius's Progymnasmata : model exercises in Greek prose composition and rhetoric / translated with an introduction and notes by Craig A. Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Libanius.

Contributor:

Gibson, Craig A., 1968-

Series:

Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 27.

Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 27

Standardized Title:

Progymnasmata. English & Greek

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Style.

Greek language.

Rhetoric, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 572 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

A Note on the Translation

Acknowledgments

The Exercise in Fable

The Exercise in Narration

The Exercise in Anecdote

The Exercise in Maxim

The Exercises in Refutation and Confirmation

The Exercise in Common Topics

The Exercises in Encomium and Invective

The Exercise in Comparison

The Exercise in Speech in Character

The Exercise in Description

The Exercise in Thesis

The Exercise in Introduction of a Law

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Passages Cited.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-539) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781589834354

1589834356

OCLC:

922967997

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07790 hdl