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Libanius: Autobiography And Selected Letters (150) (Loeb Classical Library No. 478) (Volume I)
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Pagans Advocate.A Professing Pagan In An Aggressively Christian Empire, A Friend Of The Emperor Julian And Acquaintance Of St. Basil, A Potent Spokesman For Private And Political Causeslibanius 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. In His Lifetime Libanius Was An Acknowledged Master Of The Art Of Letter Writing. Today His Lettersabout 1550 Of Which Surviveoffer An Enthralling Selfportrait Of This Combative Pagan Publicist And A Vivid Picture Of The Culture And Political Intrigues Of The Eastern Empire. A. F. Norman Selects One Eighth Of The Extant Letters, Which Come From Two Periods In Libanius Life, Ad 355365 And 388393, Letters Written To Julian, Churchmen, Civil Officials, Scholars, And His Many Influential Friends. The Letters Are Complemented, In This Twovolume Edition, By Libanius Autobiography (Oration 1), A Revealing Narrative That Begins As A Scholars Account And Ends As An Old Mans Private Journal.Also Available In The Loeb Classical Library Is A Twovolume Edition Of Libanius Orations.
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