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The first reference to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem. Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters

Greek letters --- Epistolary fiction, Greek --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Greek epistolary fiction --- Greek fiction --- Greek letters - History and criticism --- Epistolary fiction, Greek - History and criticism --- epistolary --- novella --- iphigenia --- aulis --- tauris --- pseudonymous --- collection --- achilles --- tatius --- exchange

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The literary letter was one of the most versatile and popular forms of writing in Greek antiquity, yet one of the least widely studied today. The use of the letter within narrative or as narrative medium is something which the Ancient Greek literary tradition established as central to the western world (especially through the letters of Plato, Hippocrates and the Christian epistolographers). This volume presents detailed literary readings of a wide range of Greek literary letter collections. By comparison of the various narrative strategies taken within Greek epistolary texts across a range of genres, cultural backgrounds, and time periods, the volume takes a significant step towards the appreciation of Greek epistolary collections as a unique literary phenomenon.

Greek letters --- Greek literature --- Lettres (Genre littéraire) grecques --- Littérature grecque --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Letters in literature --- History and criticism --- Letters in literature. --- Lettres (Genre littéraire) grecques --- Littérature grecque --- Greek letters - History and criticism --- Greek literature - History and criticism

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Dal XV secolo a oggi la Villa Tiburtina fatta costruire dall’imperatore Elio Adriano a Tivoli non ha mai cessato di stimolare l’interesse di studiosi attratti dalla quantità e qualità delle sue decorazioni e soluzioni architettoniche. Da tale interesse si è sviluppata una cospicua letteratura che oggi si arricchisce di un nuovo contributo, impostato su una chiave di lettura innovativa e passibile di suscitare spunti di riflessione sia nell’ambito archeologico, sia in quello a carattere storicoarchitettonico. Attraverso una accurata disamina delle prime rappresentazioni planimetriche dell’intero sito imperiale, sempre analizzate in relazione a quanto attualmente rilevato e rilevabile, nel volume si approfondiscono l’operato e i contributi di quanti, nel corso di circa due secoli, hanno rivolto la loro attenzione indagatoria alla Villa. Per alcuni di essi, tra i quali Pirro Ligorio,Francesco Contini, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jacques Gondoin e Francesco Piranesi, la ricercacondotta ha recato a risultati inattesi, talora inediti, per lo più suscettibili di suggerire nuoviindicatori di ricerca anche e non solo per quanti sono attesi allo studio dell’immane Villa imperialeTiburtina.

Architecture, Roman --- Architecture romaine --- Designs and plans --- Dessins et plans --- Hadrian, --- Ligorio, Pirro, --- Contini, Francesco, --- Kircher, Athanasius, --- Gondoin, Jacques, --- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, --- Homes and haunts --- Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy) --- Maps --- Tivoli (Italy) --- Tivoli (Italie) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Constructions --- Correspondance latine médiévale et moderne --- Rhétorique médiévale --- Political letter writing --- Government correspondence --- Latin letters, Medieval and Modern --- Letters --- Communication in politics --- Nobility --- European letters --- Political aspects --- History and criticism --- History --- Correspondence --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Architectural drawing --- In art --- Documents diplomatiques --- Histoire et critique --- Documents diplomatiques. --- Rhétorique médiévale. --- Histoire et critique. --- Architecture, Roman - Italy - Tivoli --- Architecture, Roman - Italy - Tivoli - Designs and plans --- Architectural drawing - Italy - 16th century --- Architectural drawing - Italy - 17th century --- Architectural drawing - Italy - 18th century --- Letters - Political aspects - History and criticism --- Political letter writing - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Government correspondence - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Communication in politics - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Nobility - Europe - Correspondence --- European letters - History and criticism --- Europe - Politics and government - 476-1492 --- Correspondance latine médiévale et moderne --- Rhétorique médiévale. --- History and criticism. --- Correspondence. --- European literature --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Political communication --- Political science --- Correspondence, Government --- Letter writing --- Public records --- Letter writing, Political --- Lobbying --- Rhetoric --- Biographical sources --- Literature --- Villa Adriana --- Tivoli --- Villa Tiburtina --- architettura --- Ligorio, Pirro --- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista --- Kircher, Athanasius --- Gondoin, Jacques --- Contini, Francesco --- In art. --- Kircherus, Athanasius, --- Kircher, Atanasio, --- Chircher, Atanasio, --- Kirchere, Athanase, --- Kirker, Athanase, --- Gondouin, Jacques, --- Piranesi, Giambattista --- Piranèse --- Contini, Francesco. --- Ligorio, Pyrro, --- Ligorium, Pyrrhum, --- Ligorius, Pyrrhus, --- Ligorius, Pyrrus, --- Pirro Ligorio,