Greek and Latin Letters - An Anthology With Translation

Informationen zum Autor Michael Trapp is Reader in Greek in the Department of Classics! King's College London. He is the author of the Dialexeis of Maximus of Tyre. Klappentext The seventy-eight letters in this Anthology are selected both for their intrinsic interest and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c.500 BC and c.400 AD! they include naive and high-style! "real" and "fictitious!" and classical and patristic items. Zusammenfassung The 78 letters in this Anthology are selected both for their intrinsic interest! and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c. 500 BC and c. 400 AD! they include naive and high-style! 'real' and 'fictitious'! and classical and patristic items. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; A. Private letters (1?); B. Public life and official correspondence (61?); C. Embedded letters (71?; D. Epistolary theory (73?; Commentary.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Trapp, Professor Michael Trapp
• Assisted by: P. E. Easterling (Editor), Michael Trapp (Editor), Professor Michael Trapp (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2003
• EAN: 9780521499439
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49943-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies