Description
Book SynopsisDeclamations were composed and orally delivered in the Roman Empire by sophists, or teachers of rhetoric, of whom the Greek-speaking Libanius was one of the most distinguished. In this book, author Robert Penella translates eight of Libanius’s declamations: 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 45, 46, 47.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Declamations
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Declamation 29: A Parasite and His Philosophizing Patron
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Declamation 30: An Envious Man and His Rich Neighbor
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Declamation 34: The Disowning of a Miser’s Son
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Declamation 35: A Poor Man Willing to Die for His City
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Declamation 37: A Rich War-Hero Accused of Aiming for Tyranny
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Declamation 45: A Convict Asks for Exile
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Declamation 46: A Young Man Refuses to Remarry and Is Therefore Disowned
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Declamation 47: The Self-Defense of a Disowned Son Who Loved His Brother
- Appendix
- Gregory of Cyprus, Response to Pseudo-Libanius, Declamation 34
- Bibliography
- Abbreviations
- Libanian Texts and Translations
- Other Titles
- Index
