Author: Themistius [Penella, Robert J.; translator]
Title: The Private Orations of Themistius
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (2000). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xiv,258 pp, Series: The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, Vol. XXIX.. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Chronology of the Translated Orations; Introduction: Themistius and His Orations; 'Oration 20'. A Funeral Oration in Honor of His Father; 'Oration 21'. The Examiner [Basanistes], or, The Philosopher; 'Oration 22'. On Friendship; 'Oration 23'. The Sophist; 'Oration 24'. An Exhortation to the Nicomedians; 'Oration 25'. In Reply to One Who Asked for an Extempore Oration; 'Oration 26'. On Speaking, or, How the Philosopher Should Speak; 'Oration 27'. On the Need to Give Thought, Not to Where [We Study] but to the Men [Who will Teach Us]; 'Oration 28'. The Disquisition on Speaking; ' Oration 29'. In Reply to Those Who Interpret [His Oration] "The Sophist" Incorrectly; 'Oration 30'. Should One Engage in Farming?; 'Oration 31'. Concerning His Presidency [of the Senate], Adressed to the Senate [of Constantinople]; 'Oration 32'. On Moderation of One's Emotions [ Metriopathes], or, On Love of One's Children; 'Oration 33'. [Title Lost]; 'Oration 34'. In Reply to Those Who Found Fault with Him for Accepting Public Office; Appendix 1. 'Oration 17': On His Appointment to the Urban Prefecture [of Constantinople], Appendix 2. Fragment on "The Knowledge of Knowledges"; Appendix 3. The 'Demegoria Constantii';

Keywords: Classical Philosophy, Rhetoric Literature, Oratory Orations, Rome Roman, Constantinople, Translations Greek, Literary History, Themistius, Fourth Century