Description: Progymnasmata, exercises in the study of declamation, were the cornerstone of elite education from Hellenistic through Byzantine times. The Rhetorical Exercises of Nikephoros Basilakes, translated here into English for the first time, illuminate teaching and literary culture in one of the most important epochs of the Byzantine Empire.
Brief description: Craig A. Gibson is Professor of Classics and Collegiate Scholar at the University of Iowa.
Review Quotes: [This translation] brilliantly captures Basilakes's individual style as well as the intricacies of his rhetorical skills...The volume's presentation is meticulous.--Sophia Xenophontos "Speculum" (7/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)