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  • In ancient Antioch it was somewhat more humdrum, with Libanius in the 4th century claiming that there was running water in every household .. maybe, then again, that was only every household he frequented!

    The Object of Desire 2009

  • The prose is luminous, and the voices of the three narrators, the philosophers Libanius and Priscus, as well as the Emperor Julian, are lively and engaging.

    Archive 2009-06-28 SeattleDan 2009

  • The speeches put into the mouths of antique characters are appropriate, but they are seldom vivid; as Bentley said of the epistles of Julian's own teacher Libanius, "You feel by the emptiness and deadness of them, that you converse with some dreaming pedant, his elbow on his desk."

    Henrik Ibsen 2008

  • In 1505 Erasmus published his first translation from Greek, some Declamationes by the fourth-century rhetorician Libanius, and dedicated the book to the wealthy and influential bishop of Arras, Nicolas Ruistre, obviously still seeking a new patron.

    Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

  • The speeches put into the mouths of antique characters are appropriate, but they are seldom vivid; as Bentley said of the epistles of Julian's own teacher Libanius, "You feel by the emptiness and deadness of them, that you converse with some dreaming pedant, his elbow on his desk."

    Henrik Ibsen 2008

  • Strategius, who was appointed prefect of the East, possessed as much knowledge and eloquence, as moderation and mildness; such, at least, is the eulogium passed upon him by Libanius.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Banishment of the famous orator Libanius, who is accused of being a "magician".

    The Church-State Alliance and the future of humanity 2007

  • The old orator Libanius sends his famous Epistle "Pro Templis" to Theodosius, with a hope that the few remaining Hellenic Temples will be respected and spared.

    The Church-State Alliance and the future of humanity 2007

  • Libanius the Stoic was one of these extraordinary men.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Libanius, Maximus, Simmachus, or any other whatever of the partisans of human reason against the divine incomprehensibilities of our religion.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

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