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This book offers translations of ten rhetorical declamations of the fourth-century AD sophist Libanius of Antioch and some related texts, almost all appearing for the first time in a modern language. In these works the declaimer impersonates such mythological or historical figures as Poseidon, Paris, Achilles, and Orestes, either in court (as prosecutor or defendant) or by trying to persuade his audience to take a course of action. The texts illustrate the sophist''s eloquence and had an educational purpose in the schools, but were also delivered before adult audiences. They also put the Hellenic past on display for audiences of the Greek East in the Roman Empire. The annotated translations are accompanied by analyses of their themes, structure, and argumentation.

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1. General introduction; 2. Introduction to the mythological declamations; 3. The mythological declamations; 4. Introduction to the historical declamations; 5. The historical declamations.

Libanius Ten Mythological and Historical Declamations

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 30 January 2020
      ISBN-13 9781108481373
      978-1108481373
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book offers translations of ten rhetorical declamations of the fourth-century AD sophist Libanius of Antioch and some related texts, almost all appearing for the first time in a modern language. In these works the declaimer impersonates such mythological or historical figures as Poseidon, Paris, Achilles, and Orestes, either in court (as prosecutor or defendant) or by trying to persuade his audience to take a course of action. The texts illustrate the sophist''s eloquence and had an educational purpose in the schools, but were also delivered before adult audiences. They also put the Hellenic past on display for audiences of the Greek East in the Roman Empire. The annotated translations are accompanied by analyses of their themes, structure, and argumentation.

      Table of Contents
      1. General introduction; 2. Introduction to the mythological declamations; 3. The mythological declamations; 4. Introduction to the historical declamations; 5. The historical declamations.

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