Leofranc Holford-Strevens

Aulus Gellius

An Antonine Scholar and His Achievement

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this revised edition every statement has been reconsidered and account taken of recent work by the author and by others; an appendix has been added on the relation between the literary trends of Latin (the so-called archaizing movement) and Greek (Atticism) in the second century AD, and more space has been given to Gellius' attitudes towards women, as well as to recurrent themes such as punishment and embassies. The opportunity has been taken to correct or excise errors, but otherwise nothing has been removed unless superseded by more recent publications.

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Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of "classical" and "humanities." His Attic Nights contains information on many aspects of antiquity, and preserve much early Latin literature that would otherwise be lost; they also offer personal reminiscences and vignettes of life in the second century AD. This comprehensive study examines his life and writings. It has been fully revised in the light of recent work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9780199263196
• ISBN-10: 0199263191
• Artikelnr.: 22245801

Autorenporträt

Educated Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1967, MA 1970) D.Phil. ('A Select Commentary on Aulus Gellius, Book 2') University of Oxford, 1971 Learned Reader, OUP, Printing Division, 1971-84 Desk-Editor, OUP, Publishing Division, 1984-95 Copy-Editor for Learned Editions, OUP, 1995-

Inhaltsangabe

I. The Man and his Book
1: Life and Dates
2: Composition and Purpose
3: Language and Style
4: Presentation and Sources
II. Preceptors and Acquaintances
5: Teachers
6: Favorinus
7: Honoured Orators
8: Miscellaneous Contemporaries
III. Scholarship and Study
9: Scholarly Reading
10: The Latin Language
11: Roman Orators and Poets
12: Greek: Language, Poets, Orators
13: History
14: Philosophy
15: Other Sciences: Rhetoric, Law, Medicine
16: Miscellaneous Interest, Weak Spots, and Blind Spots
Epilogue