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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954265903321

Autore

Cicero Marcus Tullius

Titolo

Cicero on divination : De divinatione, book 1 / / translated with introduction and historical commentary by David Wardle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780191838293

9780191538216

0191538213

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 469 p

Collana

Clarendon ancient history series

Altri autori (Persone)

WardleDavid

Disciplina

875/.01

Soggetti

Divination

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-441) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Divination in Republican Rome -- Cicero on divination outside De divinatione -- Nature, form, and purpose of the work -- The sources of De divinatione -- Dramatic date, date of composition, and publication -- The text and translation.

Sommario/riassunto

Wardle's commentary will stand for decades to come as a worthy modern counterpart and complement to Pease's grand opus - J. Linderski, Scholia Reviews.