Nox philologiae : Aulus Gellius and the fantasy of the Roman library /
This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius--a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius's only work, the twenty-volume "Noctes Atticae"," "is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Latín |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Wisconsin studies in classics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius--a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius's only work, the twenty-volume "Noctes Atticae"," "is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-cum-diary in which Gellius jotted down everything of interest he heard in conversation or read in contemporary books |
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Notas: | Translated from the Latin. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 313 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780299229733 0299229734 9780299229702 029922970X 1282765922 9781282765924 |