A Particular Aspect of Combinatory Technique in the Letters of Simmachus: Between Epistolary clichés and Topica Valetudinaria
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article analyses seven letters of Simmachus (Epist. 3.86, 4.44, 7.43 and 71, 8.6, 18 and 19) in which the theme of health is combined with topoi of the epistolary genre such as the description of the pleasures of country life, the gaudium that descends from correspondence, the promise of a meeting, the exchange of letters as reciprocal munus.
Source: Lexis
Author: Alessio Ruta
Institution: University of Catania
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405422322