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Libanius
ca. 314–ca. 393
Libanius was a prominent Greek rhetorician and teacher based in Antioch, in the Eastern Roman Empire. A staunch pagan, he defended traditional Greco-Roman religious practices against Christianity. He wrote extensive speeches, letters, and rhetorical exercises.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Libanius’ Letters to the Jewish Patriarch
To the same [Priscianus—Ed.]
Some disturbance has arisen among our Jews because [of a rumor that] a certain wicked…
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Greek Education in the Family of the Patriarch
To the Patriarch
Your son came with ability to learn; indeed, through the rhetorical power of Argeus he had something…
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