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Libanius of Antioch (AD 314-93), teacher, rhetorician and eloquent exponent of Greek paideia, was one of the most prolific letter writers of late antiquity with more than 1500 surviving letters from an even greater total. This volume contains the first English-language translation of all the letters written between 388 and 393, which provide insights both into his professional and personal circumstances and the changes taking place in the political, religious and social environment of the late fourth century. The letters, while fulfilling many of the usual functions of late antique correspondence as vehicles in creating or maintaining friendship networks, promoting relationships with men in power, supporting rhetoric and Hellenic learning and seeking favours for his friends, students, and protégés, also reveal Libanius' reaction to his circumstances at the end of his life -- his waning influence as a teacher, the hostility directed towards him by factions in Antioch and in Constantinople, the loss of friends and loved ones, in particular his son, and his ill health and impending mortality. -- from the back cover

Rhetoricians --- Libanius --- Rhetoricians. --- Libanius. --- Rhétoriciens

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A professor of Greek rhetoric, frequent letter writer and influential social figure, Libanius (AD 314-393) is a key author for anybody interested in Late Antiquity, ancient rhetoric, ancient epistolography and ancient biography. Nevertheless, he remains understudied because it is such a daunting task to access his large and only partially translated oeuvre. This volume, which is the first comprehensive study of Libanius, offers a critical introduction to the man, his texts, their context and reception. Clear presentations of the orations, progymnasmata, declamations and letters unlock the corpus, and a survey of all available translations is provided. At the same time, the volume explores new interpretative approaches of the texts from a variety of angles. Written by a team of established as well as upcoming experts in the field, it substantially reassesses works such as the Autobiography, the Julianic speeches and letters, and Oration 30 For the Temples.

Libanius --- Libanios --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Livaniĭ --- Libanio

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Rhetoric, Ancient --- Rhétorique ancienne --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Libanius. --- History and criticism --- Libanius --- Criticism and interpretation --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Rhetoric, Ancient - History and criticism --- Libanius - Criticism and interpretation --- Libanius. - Speeches - Translations into English --- Libanius. - Speeches

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Sophists (Greek philosophy) --- Orators --- Sophistes grecs --- Orateurs --- Correspondence --- Correspondence. --- Correspondance --- Libanius --- Translations into English. --- Libanius, --- Traductions anglaises --- 276 =75 LIBANIUS --- Griekse patrologie--LIBANIUS --- Libanios, --- correspondance --- Speakers --- Elocutionists --- Libanios --- Livaniĭ --- Libanio --- Traductions anglaises. --- correspondance.

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Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Sophists (Greek philosophy) --- Libanius --- Sophists (Greek philosophy).