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.
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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.
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