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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821473903321

Autore

Erasmus Desiderius

Titolo

Apophthegmata / / translated and annotated by Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham ; edited by Betty I. Knott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4426-2280-6

1-4426-2279-2

Edizione

[Volume 37-38]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1045 p.)

Collana

Collected Works of Erasmus ; ; Volume 37-38

Disciplina

808.88/2

Soggetti

Aphorisms and apothegms

Quotations, Latin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

[V. 1]. Introduction ; Dedicatory epistle ; Book 1 ; Book 2 ; Book 3 ; Book 4 -- [v. 2]. Book 5 ; Book 6 ; Dedicatory epistle ; Book 7 ; Book 8.

Sommario/riassunto

Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus’ Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Latin literature for the moral education of the future ruler. Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham’s two-volume annotated translation of the aphorisms and Erasmus’ commentary on them makes this once popular literary and educational text accessible to modern audiences. The introduction discusses the origins of the Apophthegmata, the contents of the collection, and Erasmus’ sources.