{"product_id":"autobiography-and-selected-letters","title":"Autobiography and Selected Letters,...","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Libanius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Autobiography and Selected Letters,...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1992-01-01\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Pagans' advocate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 causes-Libanius can tell us much about the tumultuous world of the fourth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn 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 letters-about 1550 of which survive-offer an enthralling self-portrait 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 355-365 and 388-393, letters written to Julian, churchmen, civil officials, scholars, and his many influential friends. The Letters are complemented, in this two-volume edition, by Libanius' Autobiography (Oration 1), a revealing narrative that begins as a scholar's account and ends as an old man's private journal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso available in the Loeb Classical Library is a two-volume edition of Libanius' Orations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674995284\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 6.65 Inches, Length: 4.52 Inches, Weight: 0.70106999316 Pounds, Width: 0.94 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Libanius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864449450291,"sku":"9780674995284","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/8454723482428.jpg?v=1754226869","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/autobiography-and-selected-letters","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}