Libanius the Sophist

by Raffaella Cribiore

Libanius of Antioch was a rhetorician of rare skill and eloquence. So renowned was he in the fourth century that his school of rhetoric in Roman Syria became among the most prestigious in the Eastern Empire. In this book, Raffaella Cribiore draws on her unique knowledge of the entire body of Libanius's vast literary output--including 64 orations, 1,544 letters, and exercises for his students--to offer the fullest intellectual portrait yet of this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801452074
• ISBN13: 9780801452079
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher