Böcker av Patricia A. (University of Wisconsin Rosenmeyer

This book examines short selections of fictional letters and excerpts from histories, epics and novels from the second and third centuries CE. An entertaining central study text for students of Greek epistolography.

A comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature, first published in 2001. The book challenges the notion that Ovid 'invented' the fictional letter form in the Heroides and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition.