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Letter-writing in Antiquity

Author(s): Anca Ştefan
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti
Keywords: Epistolary; mediation; representation; Ovid; Alciphron

Summary/Abstract: The present paper explores the status of the epistle in Antiquity, trying at the same time to circumscribe some of the fundamental attitudes towards the letter and letter-writing, as well as recurrent themes and motifs. The article is focused on the letter collection of the Athenian philosopher, Alciphron, and Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 181-190
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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