Attic Nights Of Aulus Gellius

Written in athens to beguile the winter evenings the work is an interesting source on the state of knowledge and scholarship of his time.

Attic nights of aulus gellius.

3 the attic nights of aulus gellius. He is famous for his attic nights a commonplace book or compilation of notes on grammar philosophy history antiquarianism and other subjects preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might otherwise be unknown today. Aulus gellius a well educated nobleman is best known today for a collection of observations titled noctes atticae a project he began during the long winter nights he spent in attica the region of greece where athens is located. Attic nights of aulus gellius tertium vitae annum cum periculo et clade aliqua venire aut corporis morbique gravioris aut vitae interitus 2 aut animi aegritudinis.

The attic nights of aulus gellius. Aulus gellius flourished 2nd century ad latin author remembered for his miscellany noctes atticae attic nights in which many fragments of lost works are preserved. 3 caelius sabinus in libro quem de edicto aedilium curulium composuit labeonem refert quid. The selections chosen for this reader touch on diverse aspects of roman culture and can be easily understood and translated by intermediate students.

The work collects in twenty books of book viii only the index is extant interesting notes covering philosophy history biography all sorts of antiquities points of law literary criticism and lexicographic matters explanations of old words and questions of grammar. The attic nights of aulus gellius item preview remove circle share or embed this item. Advanced embedding details examples and help. He was educated in athens after which he returned to rome.

With an english translation. Full text of the attic nights of aulus gellius see other formats. 123 170 ce is known almost wholly from his noctes atticae attic nights so called because it was begun during the nights of an attic winter. Propterea qui rerum verborumque istiusmodi studio tenentur eum aetatis annum appellant κλιμακτηρικόν.

Plutarch s account of the method of comparison and the calculations which the philosopher pythagoras used in determining the great height of hercules while the hero was living among men. Xvi xvii xviii xix xx xxi. Aulus gellius was a roman author and grammarian who was probably born and certainly brought up in rome.