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Life and letters in the ancient Greek world

by: Muir, J.

Price: 89,00 EURO

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Category: Philology
Code: 17060
ISBN-13: 9780415391306 / 978-0-415-39130-6
ISBN-10: 041539130X / 0-415-39130-X
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2008
Publication Place: London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 240
Book Condition: New
Comments: Routledge monographs in classical studies / xiii, 240 p. : map ; 24 cm. / Dates in the papyrus letters --Map --Egypt and The Fayyum --1. Greek letters: an introduction --2. Personal and family letters --3. Business letters --4. Letters of state --

This survey of Greek letter writing from a well-known and respected author introduces students to the whole range of letter writing in the Greek world, and its problems. Greeks wrote letters to each other for business and diplomatic purposes, as teacher to pupil, and as addresses to the wider world.

Preface 1. Greek Letters: an introduction - The form and function of the Greek letter, Writing and sending, The materials of letter writing, Ancient theory and practice - teaching and learning, The sources of letters - 2. Personal and Family Letters 3. Business Letters 4. Letters of State 5. The Letter as Tract 6. Greek Letters in the Early Christian Church 7. Letters in Greek Literature Notes. List of abbreviations. Dates in the papyrus letters. Map - Egypt and "The Fayyum". Collection of papyri and ostraca referred to in the text. Bibliography of works cited. Index

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Routledge monographs in classical studies

xiii, 240 pages : map ; 24 cm.

 

 
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Life and letters in the ancient Greek world

by: Muir, J.

  • ISBN-13: 9780415391306 / 978-0-415-39130-6
  • ISBN-03: 041539130X / 0-415-39130-X
  • Routledge, London, 2008

Price: 89,00 EURO

1 copy in stock