Adages - Collected Works of Erasmus

The work was highly acclaimed and circulated widely in Erasmus time, serving as a conduit for transmitting classical proverbs into the vernacular languages, in which many of the proverbs still survive to this day.

About the author

John N. Grant is a professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. Betty I. Knott is a senior honorary research fellow in the Department of Classics at the University of Glasgow.

Product details

• Authors: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, John N. (TRN) Grant
• Assisted by: John N. Grant (Editor), John N. Grant (Translation), Betty I. Knott (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2006
• EAN: 9780802088321
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-8832-1
• No. of pages: 677
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 254 mm x 51 mm
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works