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Author:

Ceccarelli, Paola, 1962- author.

Title:

Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC) / Paola Ceccarelli.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xviii, 435 pages : map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Letter writing, Greek--History.
Greece--Politics and government--To 146 B.C.
Power (Social sciences)--Greece--History.
Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
Littérature épistolaire antique.
Grèce--Civilisation--Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Grèce--Politique et gouvernement--Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Civilization.
Letter writing, Greek.
Political science.
Power (Social sciences)
Greece.
To 146 B.C.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-413) and indexes.

Contents:

Ancient Greek letters : an introduction -- Greek beginnings : writing and letter writing, evidence and representation. Writing and letter writing : the evidence -- Writing and letter writing : representations -- When a letter and why? : Narrative strategies in the ancient historians -- Letter writing and the polis. Writing and letter writing on the Athenian dramatic stage -- Letters on the legal and political stage -- Poleis and kings, letters and decrees : official communication in the Hellenistic period -- Appendices. Archaic and classical documentary letters -- Ancient traditions on the invention of writing -- Official letters sent by Greek poleis or koina and inscribed on stone, in chronological order.

ISBN:

0199675597
9780199675593

OCLC:

(OCoLC)834435298

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)