The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes

The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780674660243
ISBN-13 : 0674660242
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Download or read book The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes written by Nikēphoros (ho Vasilakēs) and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progymnasmata, exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes, translated here into English for the first time, illuminate teaching and literary culture in one of the most important epochs of the Byzantine Empire.


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