Author: D.J. Butterfield
Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society
ISBN: 191370100X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Rome produced no man more erudite, eclectic, and energetic than Marcus Terentius Varro (116-24 BC). Over a long and busy life, set against the backdrop of near-constant social and political upheaval, Varro studied and codified almost every conceivable topic for intellectual enquiry. His vast output – of at least seventy works in over 600 books – is breathtaking in its range and ambition: antiquity (in all its aspects), language, literary history, theology, philosophy, sociology, agriculture, geography, music, mathematics – to say nothing of his own poetic and satirical writings. In many of these fields Varro redefined the terms of study for the Roman world (and beyond); in some he founded a scholarly discipline and tradition without any precedent. Yet the greatest scholar of Rome has rarely enjoyed the attention he deserves from the modern world: although the fragmentary state of much of his corpus presents serious obstacles to enquiry, the extant material provides a rich and unparalleled insight into Roman scholarship of the first century BC. This volume of new essays on Varro seeks to analyze this multifaceted polymath from several angles, not only revisiting his better known writings and the problems they raise but also reconstructing his intellectual activity and its influence on the basis of insufficiently examined evidence.
Varro varius
Author: D.J. Butterfield
Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society
ISBN: 191370100X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Rome produced no man more erudite, eclectic, and energetic than Marcus Terentius Varro (116-24 BC). Over a long and busy life, set against the backdrop of near-constant social and political upheaval, Varro studied and codified almost every conceivable topic for intellectual enquiry. His vast output – of at least seventy works in over 600 books – is breathtaking in its range and ambition: antiquity (in all its aspects), language, literary history, theology, philosophy, sociology, agriculture, geography, music, mathematics – to say nothing of his own poetic and satirical writings. In many of these fields Varro redefined the terms of study for the Roman world (and beyond); in some he founded a scholarly discipline and tradition without any precedent. Yet the greatest scholar of Rome has rarely enjoyed the attention he deserves from the modern world: although the fragmentary state of much of his corpus presents serious obstacles to enquiry, the extant material provides a rich and unparalleled insight into Roman scholarship of the first century BC. This volume of new essays on Varro seeks to analyze this multifaceted polymath from several angles, not only revisiting his better known writings and the problems they raise but also reconstructing his intellectual activity and its influence on the basis of insufficiently examined evidence.
Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society
ISBN: 191370100X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Rome produced no man more erudite, eclectic, and energetic than Marcus Terentius Varro (116-24 BC). Over a long and busy life, set against the backdrop of near-constant social and political upheaval, Varro studied and codified almost every conceivable topic for intellectual enquiry. His vast output – of at least seventy works in over 600 books – is breathtaking in its range and ambition: antiquity (in all its aspects), language, literary history, theology, philosophy, sociology, agriculture, geography, music, mathematics – to say nothing of his own poetic and satirical writings. In many of these fields Varro redefined the terms of study for the Roman world (and beyond); in some he founded a scholarly discipline and tradition without any precedent. Yet the greatest scholar of Rome has rarely enjoyed the attention he deserves from the modern world: although the fragmentary state of much of his corpus presents serious obstacles to enquiry, the extant material provides a rich and unparalleled insight into Roman scholarship of the first century BC. This volume of new essays on Varro seeks to analyze this multifaceted polymath from several angles, not only revisiting his better known writings and the problems they raise but also reconstructing his intellectual activity and its influence on the basis of insufficiently examined evidence.
Language and Authority in emDe Lingua Latinaem
Author: Diana Spencer
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 029932320X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Diana Spencer, known for her scholarly focus on how ancient Romans conceptualized themselves as a people and how they responded to and helped shape the world they lived in, brings her expertise to an examination of the Roman scholar Varro and his treatise De Lingua Latina. This commentary on the origin and relationships of Latin words is an intriguing, but often puzzling, fragmentary work for classicists. Since Varro was engaged in defining how Romans saw themselves and how they talked about their world, Spencer reads along with Varro, following his themes and arcs, his poetic sparks, his political and cultural seams. Few scholars have accepted the challenge of tackling Varro and his work, and in this pioneering volume, Spencer provides a roadmap for considering these topics more thoroughly.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 029932320X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Diana Spencer, known for her scholarly focus on how ancient Romans conceptualized themselves as a people and how they responded to and helped shape the world they lived in, brings her expertise to an examination of the Roman scholar Varro and his treatise De Lingua Latina. This commentary on the origin and relationships of Latin words is an intriguing, but often puzzling, fragmentary work for classicists. Since Varro was engaged in defining how Romans saw themselves and how they talked about their world, Spencer reads along with Varro, following his themes and arcs, his poetic sparks, his political and cultural seams. Few scholars have accepted the challenge of tackling Varro and his work, and in this pioneering volume, Spencer provides a roadmap for considering these topics more thoroughly.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Oarses-Zygia
Author: William Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
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Readings on the Purgatorio of Dante: Text, translation, and commentary, canto XVIII-XXXIII. Index
Author: William Warren Vernon
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Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Readings on the (Divina Commedia) of Dante chiefly based on the Commentary of Benvenuto da Imola
Author: William Warren Vernon
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Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Text, translation, and commentary, canto XVI-XXXIII. Index
Author: William Warren Vernon
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Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Antiquarian Speculations, consisting of essays and dissertations, on various subjects
A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante
Author: Paget Jackson Toynbee
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Category : Guelfs and Ghibellines
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Publisher:
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Category : Guelfs and Ghibellines
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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