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Libanius's Progymnasmata model exercises in Greek prose composition and rhetoric
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15 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Greek, Ancient and held by 888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Jews and Christians in Antioch in the first four centuries of the common era
by Wayne A Meeks
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3 editions published between 1978 and 1979 in English and held by 541 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Libanii Opera
by Libanius
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49 editions published between 1903 and 1997 in 6 languages and held by 330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Voll. 9 und 10 betreffen die Handschrift Cod. 459 der Burgerbibliothek Bern
Autobiography (Oration I) the Greek text
by Libanius
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9 editions published in 1965 in 3 languages and held by 251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Julian the emperor, containing Gregory Nazianzen's two Invectives and Libanius' Monody with Julian's extant theosophical works
by C. W King
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4 editions published in 1888 in English and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discours
by Libanius
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14 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Band 2
Imaginary speeches : a selection of declamations
by Libanius
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2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selected works
by Libanius
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14 editions published in 1977 in 3 languages and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The ten thousand torments of a termagant display'd in a speech made by a gentleman to the Senate of Athens. Praying That their Lordships would permit Him to Hang Himself, in order to get rid of a Scolding Wife ; And that his Relations might be exempted from the Penalty of a Confiscation of his Goods, usually exacted in Cases of Self-Murder
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5 editions published in 1740 in English and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discours
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8 editions published in 1979 in 3 languages and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selected works
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18 editions published between 1969 and 1987 in 4 languages and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide LIBANIUS (A.D. 314-393) was one of the last great publicists and educators of Greek paganism. His story, as presented in his 'Autobiography' (Oration I) and the 'Life' by Eunapius, is supplemented by information from a correspondence of over 1500 items (dated A.D. 355-365 and A.D. 388-393) and 64 extant orations. Sophistic works of various types, including the 'Hypotheses of Demosthenes' Orations', complete the corpus of his works. He was born in Antioch of respectable municipal family and, after study at Athens, began his teaching career in Constantinople in 340, but soon had to retire to Nicomedeia, where he became acquainted with St. Basil and influential in the development of Julian's paganism. After a second tenure at Constantinople he returned home to become professor in Antioch in 354, a position which he held through many vicissitudes, for the rest of his life. His views and prejudices caused him to react sharply against many contemporary trends. As sophist of Antioch and a devoted exponent of the traditional Hellenic system of education, he remained deliberately and contemptuously unacquainted with Latin, and deplored its increasing influence. Naturally humane in outlook and sympathizing with the local bouregoisie, he criticized bitterly the encroachments and oppressions of the central administration, and the general cruelty of his day. Sincerely pagan in an increasingly aggressive Christian society, he became an influential mouthpiece of protest against religious persecution, official or unofficial. Illness and professional and family disappointments sharpen these criticisms in his later years. The orations upon Julian, to whose memory he remained devoted all his life, were composed between 362 and 365, and present Libanius with a positive role and a congenial subject, revealing him at the height of his powers and influence. They were used by the Church historians, and this, coupled with his relations with Basil and with Chrysostom, his pupil in Antioch, lent them respectability enough to make his works, despite their consistent criticisms of the Christian religion, acceptable to Byzantine piety
Demetrii et Libanii qui feruntur Typoi epistolikoi et Epistolimaioi charaktēres
by Demetrius
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6 editions published in 1910 in Greek, Ancient and Latin and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Autobiographische Schriften
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9 editions published in 1967 in 3 languages and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discours
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3 editions published in 2003 in French and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lettres pour toutes circonstances : les traités épistolaires du Pseudo-Libanios et du Pseudo-Démétrios de Phalère
by Libanius
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3 editions published in 2004 in French and held by 66 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Ces deux traités de rhétorique, un pour chaque auteur, sur le genre épistolaire, fournissent des modèles de lettres, classés par type et accompagnés d'exemples adaptables à toutes situations. Les modèles du Pseudo-Libanios s'adressent au citoyen dans la vie quotidienne et les affaires municipales, et ceux du Pseudo-Démétrios de Phalère, à des employés de la haute administration de l'Empire romain
Lettres aux hommes de son temps
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4 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in French and held by 65 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Themistius in Libanius' Brieven; critische uitgave van 52 brieven, voorzien van een historisch commentaar en tekstverklarende nota's
by Libanius
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3 editions published in 1936 in Dutch and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Antioche païenne et chrétienne; Libanius, Chrysostome et les moines de Syrie
by A. J Festugière
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1 edition published in 1959 in French and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discours
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13 editions published between 1979 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spätantike Beschreibung von Kunstwerken : archäologischer Kommentar zu den Ekphraseis des Libanios und Nikolaos
by Bernhard D Hebert
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3 editions published in 1983 in German and held by 55 WorldCat member libraries worldwide more
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Lib.
Libani
Libanije
Libanio
Libanio, 314-393
Libânio de Antioquia
Libanio di Antiochia 314-393
Libanio, di Antiochia, c. 314-392/393
Libanio Retore 314-393
Libánios
Libánios 0314-0393?
Libanios, 314-393
Libanios, c. 314-392/393
Libanios Rhetor 314-393
Libanios von Antiocheia 314-393
Libanius
Libanius, 314-393
Libanius Antiochenus
Libanius Antiochenus 0314-0393?
Libanius Antiochenus, 314-393
Libanius Constantinopolitanus 314-393
Libanius d'Antioche
Libanius d'Antioche 314-393
Libanius Nicomediensis 314-393
Libanius Rhetor 314-393
Libanius Sophista
Libanius Sophista, 314-393
Libaniusz.
Libanus, 314-393
Libanus Sophista 314-393
Livaniĭ
Livaniiǐ, 314-393
Livánios
Livánios 0314-0393?
Λιβάνιος
Λιβάνιος 0314-0393?
Либаний, 314-393
ليبانيوس
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