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Ancient Greek Letter Writing - A Cultural History (600 BC- 150 BC) (Hardcover)
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Ancient Greek Letter Writing - A Cultural History (600 BC- 150 BC) (Hardcover)
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In this volume, Ceccarelli offers a history of the development of
letter writing in ancient Greece from the archaic to the early
Hellenistic period. Highlighting the specificity of letter-writing,
as opposed to other forms of communication and writing, the volume
looks at documentary letters, but also traces the role of embedded
letters in the texts of the ancient historians, in drama, and in
the speeches of the orators. While a letter is in itself the
transcription of an oral message and, as such, can be either
truthful or deceitful, letters acquired negative connotations in
the fifth century, especially when used for transactions concerning
the public and not the private sphere. Viewed as the instrument of
tyrants or near eastern kings, these negative connotations were
evident especially in Athens where comedy and tragedy testified to
an underlying concern with epistolary communication. In other areas
of the Greek world, such as Sparta or Crete, the letter may have
been seen as an unproblematic instrument for managing public
policies, with inscriptions documenting the official use of letters
not only by the Hellenistic kings, but also by some poleis.
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