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Author : Roger Bagnall
Release : 2015-07-16
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 by : Roger Bagnall
Download or read book Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 written by Roger Bagnall. This book was released on 2015-07-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest
Author : Roger S. Bagnall
Release : 2006-06-26
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 by : Roger S. Bagnall
Download or read book Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 written by Roger S. Bagnall. This book was released on 2006-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three hundred letters written in Greek and Egyptian by women in Egypt in the millennium from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest survive on papyrus and pottery. Written by women from various walks of life, they shed light on critical social aspects of life in Egypt after the pharaohs. Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella Cribiore collect the best preserved letters in translation and set them in their paleographic, linguistic, social, and economic contexts. The authors' analysis suggests that women's habits, interests, and means of expression were a product more of their social and economic standing than of specifically gender-related concerns or behavior. They present theoretical discussions about the handwriting and language of the letters, the education and culture of the writers' everyday concerns and occupations. Numerous illustrations display the varieties of handwriting.
Author : Raffaella Cribiore
Release : 2008-11
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt by : Raffaella Cribiore
Download or read book Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt written by Raffaella Cribiore. This book was released on 2008-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Traianos Gagos
Release : 2001
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Essays and Texts in Honor of J. David Thomas by : Traianos Gagos
Download or read book Essays and Texts in Honor of J. David Thomas written by Traianos Gagos. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of nine essays is focused on military and administrative institutions in the ancient world, and supplemented by a presentation of thirty texts in Greek and Latin written on papyrus and wooden fragments, some previously unpublished. The essays and textual editions are contributed by a host of distinguished international scholars in honor of Professor J. David Thomas' seventieth birthday. Professor Thomas (formerly at the University of Durham) has edited a large number of ancient texts over the last fifty years, and his work has been important to our understanding of subjects as diverse as the military strength on Hadrian's Wall and the chain of command in the Egyptian civil service.
Author : Raffaella Cribiore
Release : 2009-01-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 671/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch by : Raffaella Cribiore
Download or read book The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch written by Raffaella Cribiore. This book was released on 2009-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire. He was a tenacious adherent of pagan religion and a friend of the emperor Julian, but also taught leaders of the early Christian church like St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. Raffaella Cribiore examines Libanius's training and personality, showing him to be a vibrant educator, though somewhat gloomy and anxious by nature. She traces how he cultivated a wide network of friends and former pupils and courted powerful officials to recruit top students. Cribiore describes his school in Antioch--how students applied, how they were evaluated and trained, and how Libanius reported progress to their families. She details the professional opportunities that a thorough training in rhetoric opened up for young men of the day. Also included here are translations of 200 of Libanius's most important letters on education, almost none of which have appeared in English before. Cribiore casts into striking relief the importance of rhetoric in late antiquity and its influence not only on pagan intellectuals but also on prominent Christian figures. She gives a balanced view of Libanius and his circle against the far-flung panorama of the Greek East.
