Alciphron, Aelian, and Philostratus: The Letters by Aelian, Alciphron, Philostratus (Hardcover, 1949)

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Author: Alciphron, Aelian, Philostratus. Title: Alciphron. In style and subject matter these resemble those of Alciphron, by whom they may have been influenced. TheLetters of Alciphron (second century AD) constitute one of the most attractive products of the Second Sophistic.

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The Letters of Alciphron (second century CE) constitute one of the most attractive products of the Second Sophistic. They are fictitious compositions based on an astonishingly wide variety of circumstances, though the theme of erotic love is constantly sounded. The imagination shown by the author and his convincing realism win him a place of distinction in the early development of romantic prose. The letters, which are highly literary, owing much to the New Comedy of Menander, purport to give us a sketch of the social life of Athens in the fourth century BCE. The collection is arranged in four divisions: Letters of Fishermen; Farmers; Parasites; Courtesans. Senders and addressees are mostly invented characters, but in the last section Alciphron presents us with several attempts at historical fiction, the most engaging being an exchange of letters between Menander and Glycera. This volume also includes twenty Letters of Farmers ascribed to Aelian (c. 170?235 CE) and a collection of seventy-three Erotic Epistles of Philostratus (probably Flavius of that name, also born c. 170 CE). In style and subject matter these resemble those of Alciphron, by whom they may have been influenced.

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PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-139780674994218
eBay Product ID (ePID)96047258

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Book TitleAlciphron, Aelian, and Philostratus: the Letters
AuthorAelian, Alciphron, Philostratus
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary Theory
Publication Year1949
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages608 Pages

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Item Height162mm
Item Width108mm
Item Weight372g

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Title_AuthorAelian, Philostratus, Alciphron
Series TitleLoeb Classical Library
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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