Aulus Gellius. An Antonine Scholar and his Achievement. - HOLFORD-STREVENS, L.,
An Antonine Scholar and His Achievement
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A book to mine for its information.... and to enjoy for its own spirited enjoyment of scholarship and of the literature that scholarship illuminates. London Review of Books (Publisher's information).
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2005Uitgever: Oxford University Press464 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0199289808ISBN-13: 9780199289806Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Oxford (...), n.d. XXIII,440p. Paperback.New Titel: Aulus Gellius. An Antonine Scholar and his Achievement. Auteur: HOLFORD-STREVENS, L.,
Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of 'classical' and 'humanities'. His Attic Nights, so named because they began as the intellectual pastime of winter evenings spent in a villa outside Athens, are a mine of information on many aspects of antiquity and a repository of much early Latin literature which would otherwise be lost; he took a particular interest in questions...
Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of 'classical' and 'humanities'. His Attic Nights, so named because they began as the intellectual pastime of winter evenings spent in a villa outside Athens, are a mine of information on many aspects of antiquity and a repository of much early Latin literature which would otherwise be lost; he took a particular interest in questions...
