Epistolary poetry in Byzantium and beyond : an anthology with critical essays /

• Other Authors: Kubina, Krystina (επιμελήτρια), Riehle, A. (Alexander) (επιμελητής)
• Format: Book
• Language: English; Ancient Greek
• Published: London : Routledge, 2021.
• Subjects: Ελληνικές επιστολές > Ιστορία και κριτική; Επιστολική ποίηση, Ελληνική; Ελλάδα > Στη λογοτεχνία

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...