Works of II-V vv. n. e. , translations of which made this collection belong to a little-known era in our country and little-known genres of ancient literature - eloquence and epistolography . The art of eloquence developed mainly along two channels .. These are deep and serious speeches, for example, the speech of Julian to the advice and people of Athens, and funny, humorous, for example, the recitation of a gloomy grumbler marrying a chatty woman. Letters from politicians, writers and speakers made up the second part of the book. Next to the usual business correspondence at that time there were peculiar novels and stories in letters, the senders and recipients of which are fictional persons.