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Progymnasmata, exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes, translated here into English for the first time, illuminate teaching and literary culture in one of the most important epochs of the Byzantine Empire.

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[This translation] brilliantly captures Basilakes’s individual style as well as the intricacies of his rhetorical skills…The volume’s presentation is meticulous. -- Sophia Xenophontos * Speculum *

The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780674660243
      978-0674660243
      ISBN-10 0674660242
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      European history: medieval period, middle ages History and Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Progymnasmata, exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes, translated here into English for the first time, illuminate teaching and literary culture in one of the most important epochs of the Byzantine Empire.

      Trade Review
      [This translation] brilliantly captures Basilakes’s individual style as well as the intricacies of his rhetorical skills…The volume’s presentation is meticulous. -- Sophia Xenophontos * Speculum *

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