- Tytuł:
- ‘I am fine!’ Information about the Senders Health in the Greek Private Letters of the Roman Period
- Autorzy:
- Nachtergaele, Delphine
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1195100.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2014
- Wydawca:
- Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
- Tematy:
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epistolography
private papyrus letters
formulaic language
language contact: Latin and Greek - Opis:
- The epistolary practice of giving information about one’s own well-being was common in the Ptolemaic Greek private letters: such a formula appeared in combination with the wish for the addressee’s health. In the Roman period, a new health wish arose in the Greek private letters, and the combination of this new formula valetudinis and the information about the sender’s health became rather rare (only about twenty occurrences). Such attestation often appear in letters of a Latin environment, for example letters written in Italy , letters from soldiers, or letters from areas in which the Romans were very active, like Eastern Desert. Given that the practice of giving information about one’s own well-being was common in Latin letters from the Roman period, I argue in this paper that the relative absence of this topos in Greek letters from Roman times is due to Latin influence.
- Źródło:
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The Journal of Juristic Papyrology; 2014, 44; 155-162
0075-4277 - Pojawia się w:
- The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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