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Ancient Greek Literary Letters

Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

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English
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Year
2006
ISBN-13
9780415285506

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The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis... (see more details)

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