{"product_id":"stock-characters-speaking-9780472133338","title":"Stock Characters Speaking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeclamations 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Declamations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 29: A Parasite and His Philosophizing Patron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 30: An Envious Man and His Rich Neighbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 34: The Disowning of a Miser’s Son\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 35: A Poor Man Willing to Die for His City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 37: A Rich War-Hero Accused of Aiming for Tyranny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 45: A Convict Asks for Exile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 46: A Young Man Refuses to Remarry and Is Therefore Disowned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 47: The Self-Defense of a Disowned Son Who Loved His Brother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregory of Cyprus, Response to Pseudo-Libanius, \u003ci\u003eDeclamation\u003c\/i\u003e 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLibanian Texts and Translations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther Titles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525413937495,"sku":"9780472133338","price":56.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472133338.jpg?v=1731860422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stock-characters-speaking-9780472133338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}