{"product_id":"9781802076837","title":"The Letters of Libanius from the Age of Theodosius (Translated Texts for Historians)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibanius of\n\u003cbr\u003eAntioch (AD 314-93), teacher, rhetorician and eloquent exponent of Greek\n\u003cbr\u003epaideia, was one of the most prolific letter writers of late antiquity with\n\u003cbr\u003emore than 1500 surviving letters from an even greater total. This volume\n\u003cbr\u003econtains the first English-language translation of all the letters written\n\u003cbr\u003ebetween 388 and 393, which provide insights both into his professional and\n\u003cbr\u003epersonal circumstances and the changes taking place in the political, religious\n\u003cbr\u003eand social environment of the late fourth century. The letters while fulfilling\n\u003cbr\u003emany of the usual functions of late antique correspondence as vehicles in\n\u003cbr\u003ecreating or maintaining friendship networks, promoting relationships with men\n\u003cbr\u003ein power, supporting rhetoric and Hellenic learning and seeking favours for\n\u003cbr\u003efriends, students and protégés, also reveal Libanius' reaction to his\n\u003cbr\u003ecircumstances at the end of his life - his waning influence as a teacher, the\n\u003cbr\u003ehostility directed towards him by factions in Antioch and in Constantinople,\n\u003cbr\u003ethe loss of friends and loved ones, in particular his son, and his ill health\n\u003cbr\u003eand impending mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42642914803787,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":6488.9,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9781802076837-1.jpg?v=1783475728","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/th\/products\/9781802076837","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}