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Man and the Word.

This fully annotated volume offers the first English translation of the orations of Himerius of Athens, a prominent teacher of rhetoric in the fourth century A.D. Man and the Word contains 79 surviving orations and fragments of orations in the grand tradition of imperial Greek rhetoric. The speeches...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Penella, Robert J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of California Press 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Himerius's son, Rufinus
  • In praise of cities and of men
  • In and around Himerius's school
  • Coming and going in Himerius's school
  • The epithalamium for Severus
  • Imaginary orations
  • Orations addressed to Roman officials
  • Miscellaneous remains.