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Ancient Greek Letter Writing by Paola Ceccarelli, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters in Vernon, BC

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Ancient Greek Letter Writing by Paola Ceccarelli, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Ancient Greek Letter Writing by Paola Ceccarelli, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Ancient Greek Letter Writing by Paola Ceccarelli, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters in Vernon, BC

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In this volume, Ceccarelli offers a history of the development of letter writing in ancient Greece from the archaic to the early Hellenistic period. Highlighting the specificity of letter-writing, as opposed to other forms of communication and writing, the volume looks at documentary letters, but also traces the role of embedded letters in the texts of the ancient historians, in drama, and in the speeches of the orators. While a letter is in itself the transcription of an oral message and, as such, can be either truthful or deceitful, letters acquired negative connotations in the fifth century, especially when used for transactions concerning the public and not the private sphere. Viewed as the instrument of tyrantsor near eastern kings, these negative connotations were evident especially in Athens where comedy and tragedy testified to an underlying concern with epistolary communication. In other areas of the Greek world, such as Sparta or Crete, the letter may have been seen as an unproblematic instrument formanaging public policies, with inscriptions documenting the official use of letters not only by the Hellenistic kings, but also by some poleis. | Ancient Greek Letter Writing by Paola Ceccarelli, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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