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Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC)
- Title
- Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC) / Paola Ceccarelli.
- Author
- Ceccarelli, Paola, 1962-
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-1125 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 435 pages : map; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-1125
- ISBN
- 9780199675593
- 0199675597
- OCLC
- 834435298
- Author
- Ceccarelli, Paola, 1962- author.
- Title
- Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC-150 BC) / Paola Ceccarelli.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-413) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-1125