this record is part of
The AWOL Index
JSON version
- description
- - p. 159-176. Abstract: Basing on some 1544 Libanius’letters (dated from 355 to 365 and from 388 to 393) which have come down to us, we can gather information about the relationships between the Antiochian rhetorician, devoted to the civic ideal, and the other members of the Eastern society, sophists, students, civil servants, ministers, princes’ advisors etc. They maintain ties of different kinds, such as friendship, intellectual complicity and common service. But the letters obey strict literary rules, as it is defined by epistolary tracts, and social duties. Due to the interdependance of networks, one needs diplomatic skills and cleverness. The purpose of such networks may be direct (e. g. letters of recommendations), or indirect, glorifying the recipient and shaping the author’s self-image, the henceforth immortal Libanius. 8. VINCENT PUECH.
- domain
- www.revue-etudes-tardo-antiques.fr
- is part of
-
- languages
- en
- resource_key
- wp-content-uploads-2014-07-Cabouret-pdf
- url
-
http://www.revue-etudes-tardo-antiques.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Cabouret.pdf