Man and the World: The Orations of Himerius (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)

by Himerius (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $99.47

  Offers the English translation of the orations of Himerius of Athens, a prominent teacher of rhetoric in the fourth century AD. This book contains 79 surviving orations and fragments of orations in the tradition of imperial Greek rhetoric. It illuminates relations in the educated community, and illustrates the ongoing civic role of the sophist.