The letters of Libanius from the age of Theodosius

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The letters of Libanius from the age of Theodosius

translated with commentary by Scott Bradbury and David Moncur

(Translated texts for historians, v. 82)

Liverpool University Press, 2023

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-447) and index

"Our translation is based on the Greek text of the later letter collection (F840-1112) found in volume 11 of Richard Foerster's Teubner edition of Libanius' complete works, Libanii Opera, 12 vols (1903-27, repr. 1985)"--P. [xiv]

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Libanius of Antioch (AD 314-93), teacher, rhetorician and eloquent exponent of Greek paideia, was one of the most prolific letter writers of late antiquity with more than 1500 surviving letters from an even greater total. This volume contains the first English-language translation of all the letters written between 388 and 393, which provide insights both into his professional and personal circumstances and the changes taking place in the political, religious and social environment of the late fourth century. The letters while fulfilling many of the usual functions of late antique correspondence as vehicles in creating or maintaining friendship networks, promoting relationships with men in power, supporting rhetoric and Hellenic learning and seeking favours for friends, students and proteges, also reveal Libanius' reaction to his circumstances at the end of his life - his waning influence as a teacher, the hostility directed towards him by factions in Antioch and in Constantinople, the loss of friends and loved ones, in particular his son, and his ill health and impending mortality.

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