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Author Libanius.

Title Libanius's Progymnasmata : model exercises in Greek prose composition and rhetoric / translated with an introduction and notes by Craig A. Gibson
Published Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 572 pages)
Series Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; no. 27
Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 27
Contents Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- A Note on the Translation -- Acknowledgments -- The Exercise in Fable -- The Exercise in Narration -- The Exercise in Anecdote -- The Exercise in Maxim -- The Exercises in Refutation and Confirmation -- The Exercise in Common Topics -- The Exercises in Encomium and Invective -- The Exercise in Comparison -- The Exercise in Speech in Character -- The Exercise in Description -- The Exercise in Thesis -- The Exercise in Introduction of a Law -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Passages Cited
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-539) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Greek language -- Style
Rhetoric, Ancient -- Early works to 1800
Language and languages.
Language
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Language and languages
Greek language -- Style
Rhetoric, Ancient
Genre/Form Greek prose literature
Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Gibson, Craig A., 1968-
LC no. 2008043282
ISBN 9781589834354
1589834356
Other Titles Progymnasmata. English