BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news409@daw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220829T141026 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20210323T181500 SUMMARY:“I haven’t yet not been unthinking of you\, for I make obeisanc e for you every day”: Formulas and Their Special Use in Ancient Private Letters DESCRIPTION:Soon after the sixth century BCE\, from which the earliest Gree k private letters have survived\, letter writers began to develop various formulas and clichés to express some of their main intentions more briefl y but still effectively. Their frequent use also helped the reader to reco gnize and understand the writer’s intentions. Some of these formulas are introductory\, while others are transitional\, concluding\, or disclosing . Modern readers often tend to think of letter formulas as something “me rely formal\,” less authentic\, less honest\, or less serious. But this is far from accurate. Even for something as simple as the opening greeting \, many a letter writer chose from a pool of variants and tended to modify a formula according to individual need or taste. This is all the more tru e for other formulas such as health wish\, prayer report\, remembrance mot if\, thanksgiving report\, or report of joy. Some scribes even created the ir own personal and individual style\, which nevertheless revealed the und erlying pattern.\\r\\nZoom-Link: https://unibas.zoom.us/j/94622110821?pwd= elllT0xkci8yUW9iWVFLVk1UQnNYUT09 [https://unibas.zoom.us/j/94622110821?pwd =elllT0xkci8yUW9iWVFLVk1UQnNYUT09] Meeting-ID: 946 2211 0821 Kenncode: 026 637 X-ALT-DESC:

Soon after the sixth century BCE\, from which the earliest Gr eek private letters have survived\, letter writers began to develop variou s formulas and clichés to express some of their main intentions more brie fly but still effectively. Their frequent use also helped the reader to re cognize and understand the writer’s intentions. Some of these formulas a re introductory\, while others are transitional\, concluding\, or disclosi ng. Modern readers often tend to think of letter formulas as something “ merely formal\,” less authentic\, less honest\, or less serious. But thi s is far from accurate. Even for something as simple as the opening greeti ng\, many a letter writer chose from a pool of variants and tended to modi fy a formula according to individual need or taste. This is all the more t rue for other formulas such as health wish\, prayer report\, remembrance m otif\, thanksgiving report\, or report of joy. Some scribes even created t heir own personal and individual style\, which nevertheless revealed the u nderlying pattern.

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