Raffaella Cribiore

The late Raffaella Cribiore was Professor of Classics at New York University and specialized in education, rhetoric in antiquity, and papyrology. Her books include Gymnastics of the Mind ; Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt ; Libanius the Sophist ; and, as coauthor, Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 .

The late Raffaella Cribiore was Professor of Classics at New York University and specialized in education, rhetoric in antiquity, and papyrology. Her books include Gymnastics of the Mind ; Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt ; Libanius the Sophist ; and, as coauthor, Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 . See less