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The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes: Progymnasmata from Twelfth-Century Byzantium
Harvard University Press, 2016 Cloth: 978-0-674-66024-3 Library of Congress Classification PA181.N55 2016 Dewey Decimal Classification 808.0481
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Progymnasmata, preliminary exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. Using material from Greek literary, mythological, and historical traditions, students and writers composed examples ranging from simple fables to complex arguments about fictional laws. In the Byzantine period, the spectrum of source material expanded to include the Bible and Christian hagiography and theology. See other books on: Beneker, Jeffrey | Composition and exercises | Gibson, Craig A. | Greek language | Rhetoric, Ancient See other titles from Harvard University Press |
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