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Eloquent orations from a celebrated ancient Greek author.
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Orations, Volume III
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Summary
Meticulous eloquence.
Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus was among the most celebrated, versatile, and influential authors of the Second Sophistic era and an important figure in the transmission of Hellenism. Born to wealthy landowners in Mysia in AD 117, he studied in Athens and Pergamum and had begun a promising oratorical career when in the early 140s he fell chronically ill and retreated to the healing shrine of Asclepius in Pergamum. There he began to follow a li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674997806 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674997808 |
| Author: | Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus, Michael Trapp |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 108mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
About The Author
Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus
Professor of Greek Literature and Thought at King’s College London.
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