“Res vera, res ficta”: fictionality in ancient epistolography

Preview [Authors and titles are listed at the end of the review]   Ptolemy to Tertulla, greetings. This review was discovered by two shepherds in the ruins of a tomb in Ephesus, after King Alexander liberated the city. Unable to read its script but thinking it contained certain mysteries, they dedicated it at the Temple … Continue reading “Res vera, res ficta”: fictionality in ancient epistolography