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Autobiography and selected letters

Title: Autobiography and selected letters / Libanius ; edited and translated by A.F. Norman.
Author: Libanius.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v. 2, cop. 2	Text	Request in advance	JFK 00-30 no. 479 1992 v. 2, cop. 2	Offsite
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Additional Authors

Norman, A. F. (Albert Francis)

Description

2 volumes; 17 cm

Summary

A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, a potent spokesman for private and political causes -- Libanius can tell us much more about the tumultuous world of the fourth century. Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the culture and religious traditions of Hellenism, Libanius rose to fame as a teacher of the classics in a period of rapid social change. In his lifetime Libanius was an acknowledged master of the art of letter writing. Today his letters -- about 1550 of which survive -- offer an enthralling self-portrait of this combative pagan publicist and a vivid picture of the culture and political intrigues of the eastern empire. A.F. Norman selects one eighth of the extant letters, which come from two periods in Libanius' life, AD 355-365 and 388-393 -- letters written to Julian, churchmen, civil officials, scholars, and his many influential friends. The letters are complemented, in this two-volume edition, by Libanius' Autobiography (Oration I), a revealing narrative that begins as a scholar's account and ends as an old man's private journal.

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; 478-479

Uniform Title

Works. Selections. English & Greek. 1992
Loeb classical library ; 478-479.

Alternative Title

Works. 1992

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biography.
Records and correspondence.
Translations.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Volume I. Autobiography ; Selected letters. 1-50 -- volume II. Selected letters. 51-193.

Call Number

PA3611

ISBN

0674995279
9780674995277
0674995287
9780674995284

LCCN

91026316

OCLC

24217909

Author

Libanius.

Title

Autobiography and selected letters / Libanius ; edited and translated by A.F. Norman.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 478-479

Loeb classical library ; 478-479.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Alternate Script for Subject

βα, . 314-393 αα α α.

Indexed Term

Speeches

Greece

Added Author

Norman, A. F. (Albert Francis)

Other Form:

Online version: Libanius. Selections. English & Greek. 1992. Autobiography and selected letters. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)609155064

Online version: Libanius. Selections. English & Greek. 1992. Autobiography and selected letters. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)622682337

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA3611 .L53

JFK 00-30 no. 478-479 1992

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