Ancient Greek letter writing : a cultural history (600 BC - 150 BC)

1. Verfasser: Ceccarelli, Paola, 1962-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 435 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780199675593
Parallelausgabe: Ancient Greek letter writing (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.