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The letters of Alciphron, Aelian and Philostratus: with an English translation

Door Alciphron e.a.

Categorie	Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer	#422116-YF14
Titel	The letters of Alciphron, Aelian and Philostratus: with an English translation
Auteur	Alciphron & Aelian & Philostratus
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	Cambridge, MA/London : Harvard University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1990
ISBN10	0674994213
ISBN13	9780674994218
Taal	Engels, Overig
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered green cloth, dust jacket, translated by Allen Rogers Benner and Francis H. Fobes, XI,(1),587,(9) pages, reprinted, text in Greek and English, 8vo. Loeb Classical Library 383.
Samenvatting	The letters of Alciphron (2nd century A. D.) are fictitious compositions based on a wide variety of circumstances, though the theme of erotic love is constantly sounded. The imagination shown by the author and his convincing realism win him a place of distinction in the early development of romantic prose. The letters purport to give us a sketch of the social life of Athens in the fourth century B. C. The collection is arranged in four divisions: Letters of Fishermen; Farmers; Parasites; Courtesans. Senders and addressees are mostly invented characters, but in the last section Alciphron presents us with several attempts at historical fiction, the most engaging being an exchange of letters between Menander and Glycera. This volume also includes twenty Letters of Farmers ascribed to Aelian (... (Lees verder)c. A. D. 170-235) and a collection of seventy-three Erotic Epistles of Philostratus (probably Flavius of that name, also born c. A. D. 170). In style and subject-matter these resemble those of Alciphron, by whom they may have been influenced.
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Conditie	Goed — Slightly foxed.
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