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Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World (Hardcover, New)
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Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
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From the first 'deadly signs' scratched on a wooden tablet
instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the
letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the
range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing
extensive translated examples from both life and fiction, it
provides a glimpse into the lives of both ordinary people and
political life. This comprehensive study looks at personal and
private letters, letters used in administration and government,
letters used as vehicles for the dissemination of philosophy and
religion, and letters which played a part in the development of
several literary genres. The way in which letters were written and
with what materials, how they were delivered, and how it is that,
for certain limited periods and locations, so many of them have
survived and how they were re-discovered. By placing these letters
in their social, political and intellectual contexts, Life and
Letters in the Ancient Greek World draws attention to both familiar
topics, such as young soldiers writing home from basic training and
the choice of flowers for a wedding, and more alien events, such as
getting rid of baby girls and offhand attitudes to bereavement.
This first guide in English to provide commentary on such a broad
range of letters, will be essential reading for anyone interested
in the Ancient Greek World.
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