LEADER 02636nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910348235203321 005 20190328203948.0 010 $a1-134-45105-9 010 $a1-280-56284-6 010 $a9786610562848 010 $a0-203-96478-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000360342 035 $a(EBL)274407 035 $a(OCoLC)476018918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000103287 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103287 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10070165 035 $a(PQKB)10460106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC274407 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000360342 100 $a20050429d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAncient Greek literary letters$b[electronic resource] $eselections in translation /$fPatricia A. Rosenmeyer 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-28551-8 311 $a0-415-28550-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-164) and index. 327 $aBOOK-COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CLASSICAL GREEK LITERARY LETTERS; 2 HELLENISTIC LITERARY LETTERS; 3 LETTERS AND PROSE FICTIONS OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; 4 THE EPISTOLARY NOVELLA; 5 PSEUDO-HISTORICAL LETTER COLLECTIONS OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; 6 INVENTED CORRESPONDENCES, IMAGINARY VOICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThe first reference to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem. Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters 606 $aGreek letters$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEpistolary fiction, Greek$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGreek letters$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEpistolary fiction, Greek$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a886.0109 700 $aRosenmeyer$b Patricia A$0188207 801 0$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910348235203321 996 $aAncient Greek literary letters$91219365 997 $aUNINA