Autobiography and Selected Letters LibaniusPevná vazba
Autobiography and Selected Letters LibaniusPevná vazba A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. In his lifetime Libanius was an…
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Autobiography and Selected Letters LibaniusPevná vazba
A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. In his lifetime Libanius was an acknowledged master of the art of letter writing. Basil, a potent spokesman for private and political causes--Libanius can tell us much about the tumultuous world of the fourth century.Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the culture and religious traditions of Hellenism, Libanius rose to fame as a teacher of the classics in a period of rapid social change.
Norman selects one eighth of the extant letters, which come from two periods in Libanius's life, 355-365 and 388-393 CE, letters written to Julian, churchmen, civil Today his letters--about 1550 of which survive--offer an enthralling self-portrait of this combative pagan publicist and a vivid picture of the culture and political intrigues of the eastern empire. A. F.
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