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Wisdom from Rome - Reading Roman Society and European Education in the Distichs of Cato

English · Paperback / Softback

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For about one thousand years, the Distichs of Cato were the first Latin text of every student across Europe and latterly the New World. Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare assumed their audiences knew them well-and they almost certainly did. Yet most Classicists today have either never heard of them or mistakenly attribute them to Cato the Elder. The Distichs are a collection of approximately 150 two-line maxims in hexameters that offer instructions about or reflections on topics such as friendship, money, reputation, justice, and self-control. Wisdom from Rome argues that Classicists (and others) should read the Distichs: they provide important insights into the ancient Roman literate masses' conceptions of society and their views of relationships between the individual, family, community, and state. Newly dated to the first century CE, they are an important addition and often corrective to more familiar contemporary texts that treat the same topics. Moreover, as the field of Classics increasingly acknowledges the intellectual importance of exploring the reception of Classical texts, an introduction to one of the most widely read ancient texts for many centuries is timely and important.

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Serena Connolly, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.


Product details

Authors Serena Connolly
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2024
 
EAN 9783111536392
ISBN 978-3-11-153639-2
No. of pages 250
Dimensions 155 mm x 16 mm x 230 mm
Weight 557 g
Illustrations 4 b/w ill., 3 b/w tbl.
Series ISSN
Trends in Classics - Pathways of Reception
Trends in Classics ¿ Pathways of Reception, 8
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity

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