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Download or read book Varro varius written by D.J. Butterfield and published by Cambridge Philological Society. This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Language and Authority in emDe Lingua Latinaem by : Diana Spencer
Download or read book Language and Authority in emDe Lingua Latinaem written by Diana Spencer and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Varro Varivs by : David James Butterfield
Download or read book Varro Varivs written by David James Butterfield and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over seventy works to his name, Marcus Terentius Varro (116-24 B.C.) was arguably the greatest scholar of the Roman world. This volume of essays addresses his often neglected output, shedding new light on the intellectual activity of the late Roman republic. Cambridge Classical Journal Supplement 39.
Book Synopsis Papers Published in Various Periodicals by : Charles Knapp
Download or read book Papers Published in Various Periodicals written by Charles Knapp and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cyprus in Texts from Graeco-Roman Antiquity by :
Download or read book Cyprus in Texts from Graeco-Roman Antiquity written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-02-13 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores Cyprus in ancient literature and through contemporary evidence, discussing texts from Greco-Roman antiquity that examine the island, its myths, gods, heroes, and literary output, as well as the way it is perceived in ancient literature.
Book Synopsis Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity by : Adam Gitner
Download or read book Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity written by Adam Gitner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores how Roman scholars and grammarians addressed different kinds of linguistic diversity within the Roman Republic and Empire. It is a follow-up to Robert Kaster's Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity.
Book Synopsis Language and Nature in the Classical Roman World by : Giuseppe Pezzini
Download or read book Language and Nature in the Classical Roman World written by Giuseppe Pezzini and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some significant sense determined by nature) constitutes a major but under-studied area of Roman linguistic thought. Indeed, it holds significance not only for the history of linguistics but also for philosophy, stylistics, rhetoric and more. The chapters in this volume deal with a range of naturalist theories in a variety of authors including Cicero, Varro, Nigidius Figulus, Posidonius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The result is a complex and multi-faceted picture of how language and nature were believed to interrelate in the classical Roman world.
Download or read book Nigidius Figulus written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publius Nigidius Figulus, renowned senator-scholar of the late Roman Republic, wrote numerous works on a wide variety of topics, of which only 130 fragments survive. This is the first collection of academic articles on this mysterious figure, who not only was famous for his learning, but also reportedly engaged in a number of divinatory practices and went down in history as a “Pythagorean and magus” (thus St. Jerome). A group of international scholars provide a variety perspectives on Nigidius’ politics, philosophy, mythography, biology, religious studies, linguistic thought, divinatory activities, and reception, throwing new light on this fascinating Roman polymath.
Book Synopsis Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review by :
Download or read book Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Plays, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens by : William Shakespeare
Download or read book The Plays, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity by : Jaś Elsner
Download or read book Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity written by Jaś Elsner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the problems for studying art and religion in Eurasia arising from ancestral, colonial and post-colonial biases in historiography.
Book Synopsis Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire by : Jared Secord
Download or read book Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire written by Jared Secord and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the third century, a small group of Greek Christians began to gain prominence and legitimacy as intellectuals in the Roman Empire. Examining the relationship that these thinkers had with the broader Roman intelligentsia, Jared Secord contends that the success of Christian intellectualism during this period had very little to do with Christianity itself. With the recognition that Christian authors were deeply engaged with the norms and realities of Roman intellectual culture, Secord examines the thought of a succession of Christian literati that includes Justin Martyr, Tatian, Julius Africanus, and Origen, comparing each to a diverse selection of his non-Christian contemporaries. Reassessing Justin’s apologetic works, Secord reveals Christian views on martyrdom to be less distinctive than previously believed. He shows that Tatian’s views on Greek culture informed his reception by Christians as a heretic. Finally, he suggests that the successes experienced by Africanus and Origen in the third century emerged as consequences not of any change in attitude toward Christianity by imperial authorities but of a larger shift in intellectual culture and imperial policies under the Severan dynasty. Original and erudite, this volume demonstrates how distorting the myopic focus on Christianity as a religion has been in previous attempts to explain the growth and success of the Christian movement. It will stimulate new research in the study of early Christianity, classical studies, and Roman history.
Book Synopsis Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic by : René Brouwer
Download or read book Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic written by René Brouwer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores one of the most creative interactions in history with a lasting influence on law and philosophy.
Book Synopsis Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome by : Christopher Siwicki
Download or read book Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome written by Christopher Siwicki and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the idea that heritage is a purely modern phenomenon, this volume addresses how historic buildings were treated in Imperial Rome, examining the way in which the ancients restored the monuments they inherited from earlier generations and developing our understanding of the Roman concept of built heritage.
Book Synopsis Latin Grammarians on the Latin Accent by : Philomen Probert
Download or read book Latin Grammarians on the Latin Accent written by Philomen Probert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a fresh perspective on a long-standing debate about the value of Latin grammarians writing about the Latin accent: should the information they give us be taken seriously, or was it copied mindlessly from Greek sources? Through careful analysis of Greek and Latin grammatical texts, this book argues that both sides are partly right.
Book Synopsis A Place at the Altar by : Meghan J. DiLuzio
Download or read book A Place at the Altar written by Meghan J. DiLuzio and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Place at the Altar illuminates a previously underappreciated dimension of religion in ancient Rome: the role of priestesses in civic cult. Demonstrating that priestesses had a central place in public rituals and institutions, Meghan DiLuzio emphasizes the complex, gender-inclusive nature of Roman priesthood. In ancient Rome, priestly service was a cooperative endeavor, requiring men and women, husbands and wives, and elite Romans and slaves to work together to manage the community's relationship with its gods. Like their male colleagues, priestesses offered sacrifices on behalf of the Roman people, and prayed for the community’s well-being. As they carried out their ritual obligations, they were assisted by female cult personnel, many of them slave women. DiLuzio explores the central role of the Vestal Virgins and shows that they occupied just one type of priestly office open to women. Some priestesses, including the flaminica Dialis, the regina sacrorum, and the wives of the curial priests, served as part of priestly couples. Others, such as the priestesses of Ceres and Fortuna Muliebris, were largely autonomous. A Place at the Altar offers a fresh understanding of how the women of ancient Rome played a leading role in public cult.
Book Synopsis Cicero and the Early Latin Poets by : Hannah Čulík-Baird
Download or read book Cicero and the Early Latin Poets written by Hannah Čulík-Baird and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Southern California.
