{"product_id":"autobiography-and-selected-letters-volume-ii","title":"Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePagans’ advocate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the  emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, a potent spokesman for  private and political causes—Libanius can tell us much about the  tumultuous world of the fourth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the culture and religious  traditions of Hellenism, Libanius rose to fame as a teacher of the  classics in a period of rapid social change. 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’  life, AD 355–365 and 388–393, letters written to Julian, churchmen,  civil officials, scholars, and his many influential friends. The \u003ci\u003eLetters\u003c\/i\u003e are complemented, in this two-volume edition, by Libanius’ \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eOration\u003c\/i\u003e 1), a revealing narrative that begins as a scholar’s account and ends as an old man’s private journal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also available in the Loeb Classical Library is a two-volume edition of Libanius’ \u003ci\u003eOrations\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232131666264,"sku":"9780674995284","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674995284.jpg?v=1778562970","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/autobiography-and-selected-letters-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}