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Between City and School - Selected Orations of Libanius (Hardcover)
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Between City and School - Selected Orations of Libanius (Hardcover)
Series: Translated Texts for Historians, 65
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This book is a collection of twelve important but little-read
orations of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, providing an
English translation for each with a thorough introduction and
copious notes. In spite of Libanius' influence during his lifetime,
he has until recently been neglected by scholars since his Greek is
often intricate and difficult to approach. Libanius lived in
Antioch (Syria) where he was a teacher of rhetoric: His school was
the most important in the East and students flocked there from many
countries. Some of the orations in this collection, like his
correspondence, illuminate his relations with his students as well
as his methods of teaching rhetoric, a discipline for which he had
the highest regard. These orations also show that Libanius was a
major figure in his city, in frequent contact with influential
officials and governors, and that he even had a close relationship
with the Emperor Julian. Oration 37 reveals that there were rumours
that Julian had contributed to the death of his wife by asking a
court doctor to poison her, while Oration 63 indicates that
Libanius, usually considered to be a thorough-going pagan, was
bequeathed the patrimony of a Christian friend, even though the
latter's brother was bishop of Antioch. Fascinating and
thought-provoking, this essential collection of translations of
Libanius' orations will be invaluable to scholars of the fourth
century.
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