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ALCIPHRON

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALCIPHRON , See also:

Greek rhetorician, was probably a contemporary of See also:Lucian (2nd See also:century A.D.). He was the author of a collection of fictitious letters, of which 124 (118 See also:complete and 6 fragments) have been published; they are written in the purest See also:Attic See also:dialect and are considered See also:models of See also:style. The See also:scene is throughout at See also:Athens; the imaginary writers are See also:country See also:people, fishermen, parasites and courtesans, who See also:express their sentiments and opinions on See also:familiar subjects in elegant See also:language. The " courtesan " letters are especially valuable, the See also:information contained in them being chiefly derived from the writers of the New See also:Comedy, especially See also:Menander. EDITI0Ns.-Editio princeps (44 letters), 1499; See also:Bergler (1715); Seiler (1856); Hercher (1873); Schepers (1905). See also:English See also:translation by See also:Monro and Beloe (1791).

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