TY - BOOK ID - 3435801 TI - Epistolary narratives in ancient Greek literature AU - Hodkinson, Owen AU - Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. AU - Bracke, Evelien PY - 2013 VL - 359 SN - 9789004249608 9789004253032 9004249605 9004253033 PB - Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Greek letters KW - Greek literature KW - Lettres (Genre littéraire) grecques KW - Littérature grecque KW - History and criticism. KW - Histoire et critique KW - Letters in literature KW - History and criticism KW - Letters in literature. KW - Lettres (Genre littéraire) grecques KW - Littérature grecque KW - Greek letters - History and criticism KW - Greek literature - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3435801 AB - 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. ER -