Libanius, in 4 vol. / Loeb Classical Library

Loeb Classical Library, 451/452/478/479. Libanius, Selected works (Orations). In two volumes. (And:) Autobiography and selected letters. In two volumes. Translated by A. F. Norman.

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  • Condition / Etat: very good, dust jacket with some shelf wear, some spotting, vol. 1 a few underlinings with yellow highlighter / très bon état, minimes traces d'usures, petites taches, vol. 1 quelques soulignements en jaune.
  • Volumes : 4 volumes.
  • Binding / Reliure : original green titled cloth with fine dust jacket, cartonné avec jaquette.
  • Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
  • Pages : about 2000 pp.
  • Editor : Cambridge, Harvard University Press / London, Heinemann.
  • Date : 1977 - 1992.
  • Language / Langue: Ancient Grec and English on opposite pages / Bilingue grec et anglais.

    Libanius (314–393 CE) was one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism. His story, as presented in his Autobiography and the Life by Eunapius, is supplemented by information from a correspondence of over 1500 items and 64 extant orations. A native of Antioch, he began his teaching career in Constantinople in 340, but soon had to retire to Nicomedeia, where he became acquainted with St. Basil and influential in the development of Julian’s paganism. After a second tenure at Constantinople he returned home to become professor in Antioch in 354, a position which he held, through many vicissitudes, for the rest of his life.
    As sophist of Antioch and a devoted exponent of the traditional Hellenic system of education, Libanius remained deliberately and contemptuously unacquainted with Latin, and deplored its growing influence. Naturally humane in outlook and sympathizing with the local bourgeoisie, he criticized bitterly the encroachments and oppressions of the central administration, and the general cruelty of his day. Sincerely pagan in an increasingly aggressive Christian society, he became an influential voice against religious persecution, official or unofficial. The orations on Julian, to whose memory he remained devoted all his life, were composed between 362 and 365, and present Libanius with a congenial subject, revealing him at the height of his powers and influence.
    In his lifetime Libanius was an acknowledged master of the art of letter writing. Today his letters—about 1550 of which survive—offer an enthralling self-portrait of this combative pagan publicist and a vivid picture of the culture and political intrigues of the eastern empire. A. F. Norman selects one eighth of the extant letters, which come from two periods in Libanius’s life, 355–365 and 388–393 CE, letters written to Julian, churchmen, civil officials, scholars, and his many influential friends.
    The Letters are complemented, in this two-volume edition, by Libanius’s Autobiography (Oration 1), a revealing narrative that begins as a scholar’s account and ends as an old man’s private journal.


    The Loeb Classical Library® is the only existing series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church fathers who made particular use of pagan culture—in short, our entire classical heritage is represented here in convenient and well-printed pocket volumes in which an up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translation face each other page by page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies.
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Condition D'occasion - Très bon état
Langue Royaume-Uni
Illustré Non
Publicaton Date 1 janv. 1987
Année 1987
Auteur / Cartographe / Photographe Libanios
Editeur Harvard University Press
Première édition Non
Edition signée Non
Reliure signée Non
Aux armes Non
Reliure / Format Cartonné
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