Libanius : ten mythological and historical declamations. introduction, translation, and notes / Robert J. Penella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Libanius, author.

Contributor:

Penella, Robert J.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Standardized Title:

Speeches. Selections. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Libanius.

Greek literature--Translations into English.

Greek literature.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--Translations into English.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.

Physical Description:

x, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press 2020.

Language Note:

Translated from the Ancient Greek

Summary:

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, Paris, Achilles, and Orestes, either in court (as prosecutor or defendant) or by trying to persuade his audience to take a course of action. The texts illustrate the sophist's eloquence and had an educational purpose in the schools, but were also delivered before adult audiences. They also put the Hellenic past on display for audiences of the Greek East in the Roman Empire. The annotated translations are accompanied by analyses of their themes, structure, and argumentation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108481373

110848137X

OCLC:

1129259438

Publisher Number:

99983731237