Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Saturnalia

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-957119-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 600 Seiten, Format (B × H): 119 mm x 188 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

Reihe: Oxford Classical Texts

The first edition to be based on a survey of all the extant evidence, from late antiquity to the twelfth century
Detailed critical apparatus shows the reader which textual choices have been made
Ample testimonia locate the text in ist cultural tradition more fully than ever before

The Saturnalia, Macrobius' encyclopaedic celebration of Roman culture, has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of ancient lore, much of it otherwise unattested. Cast in the form of a dialogue and arranged (by modern editors) in seven books, it treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion, and above all the poetry of Vergil, whom it presents as the master of all human knowledge, from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion. This new edition provides a significantly improved text and critical apparatus.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of classics, medieval studies, Renaissance studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaster, Robert A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Robert A. Kaster, Professor of Classics and Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin, Princeton University