Chapter 3 Epistolarity in Twelfth-century Byzantine Poetry Singing Praises and Asking Favors in absentia

Letters were an important medium of everyday communication in the ancient Mediterranean. Soon after its emergence, the epistolary form was adopted by educated elites and transformed into a literary genre, which developed distinctive markers and was used, for instance, to give political advice, to co...

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Main Author: Zagklas, Nikos (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
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