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Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC)

Title
Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC) / Paola Ceccarelli.
Author
Ceccarelli, Paola, 1962-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Description
xviii, 435 pages : map; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-413) and indexes.
Contents
Ancient Greek letters : an introduction -- Greek beginnings : writing and letter writing, evidence and representation. Writing and letter writing : the evidence -- Writing and letter writing : representations -- When a letter and why? : Narrative strategies in the ancient historians -- Letter writing and the polis. Writing and letter writing on the Athenian dramatic stage -- Letters on the legal and political stage -- Poleis and kings, letters and decrees : official communication in the Hellenistic period -- Appendices. Archaic and classical documentary letters -- Ancient traditions on the invention of writing -- Official letters sent by Greek poleis or koina and inscribed on stone, in chronological order.
Call Number
JFE 14-1125
ISBN
  • 9780199675593
  • 0199675597
OCLC
834435298
Author
Ceccarelli, Paola, 1962- author.
Title
Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC) / Paola Ceccarelli.
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-413) and indexes.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-1125
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