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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Storin offers a thought-provoking analysis. . . . [and the] book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on Gregory’s self-presentation and will certainly stimulate further discussion about the ways we read his letter collection." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
"Provides clear and succinct introductions to several aspects of the social and intellectual life of Late Antiquity. It is, moreover, a commendable illustration of how these insights can be applied to specific texts." * Scoreboard for Classical Studies *
"Will prove valuable not only to scholars of Gregory or ancient epistolography, but all those interested in the interdependent constructions of rhetoric, philosophy, and the self in late antiquity."
* Ancient Jew Review *
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Self-Portrait in Three Colors adds nuance and depth to our understanding of the life and times of Gregory of Nazianzus." * Reading Religion *
"Indispensable." * Augustiniana *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Note on Translations
1. An Epistolary Autobiography
2. The Architecture of the Letter Collection
3. “The Most Eloquent Gregory”
4. “Father of Philosophers”
5. “Basilist”
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Gregory’s Epistulae
Index of Subjects
