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Libanius: A Critical Introduction

Libanius: A Critical Introduction

by Lieve Van Hoof (Author), Lieve Van Hoof (Author), Lieve Van Hoof (Author)

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Synopsis

A professor of Greek rhetoric, frequent letter writer and influential social figure, Libanius (AD 314-393) is a key author for anybody interested in Late Antiquity, ancient rhetoric, ancient epistolography and ancient biography. Nevertheless, he remains understudied because it is such a daunting task to access his large and only partially translated oeuvre. This volume, which is the first comprehensive study of Libanius, offers a critical introduction to the man, his texts, their context and reception. Clear presentations of the orations, progymnasmata, declamations and letters unlock the corpus, and a survey of all available translations is provided. At the same time, the volume explores new interpretative approaches of the texts from a variety of angles. Written by a team of established as well as upcoming experts in the field, it substantially reassesses works such as the Autobiography, the Julianic speeches and letters, and Oration 30 For the Temples.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 404
 Edition: Critical
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 24 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 1108729932
ISBN 13: 9781108729932
Book Overview: The first comprehensive volume on Libanius, this book provides an essential, innovative introduction to one of Late Antiquity's key authors.

Author Bio
Lieve Van Hoof is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium. Trained as a classicist, historian and political scientist, she studies the interplay between literature and politics, culture and power. After publishing Plutarch's Practical Ethics: The Social Dynamics of Philosophy (2010) and a range of articles on the Second Sophistic, she turned her attention to Late Antiquity. She has published several articles on Greek literature in the fourth century AD, and is currently preparing a monograph on the letters of Libanius.