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The Private Orations of ThemistiusThemistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the fourth century A. D. In this first translation of Themistius' private orations to be published in English, Robert J. Penella makes accessible texts that shed significant light on the culture of Constantinople and, more generally, the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. The sixteen speeches translated here are equipped with

including setting goals

at times playful and at times filled with biting social criticism

were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times

Interpretation

Greece & Rome

This the second volume of a two volume series

the future empress Eirene commissioned the grammarian Ioannes Tzetzes to compose a version of the Iliad as an introduction to Greek literature and culture

Plato also developed his own philosophy of a life guided by self-responsibility

long before backpackers and mass tourism descended

a masterful telling of the Persian Wars from the view of the defeated

The books will be of interest to scholars

extending even as far as the imperial throne itself

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