Gellius the Satirist - Roman Cultural Authority in Attic Nights

Informationen zum Autor Wytse H. Keulen! Ph.D. (2003) in Classics! University of Groningen. His commentary on Apuleius' Metamorphoses Book I appeared in 2007 (Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius); he is co-editor of The Ancient Novel and Beyond (Brill! 2003). Klappentext Noting previously unrecognised allusions to literary works and contemporary events, this book presents an original portrait of the miscellanist Aulus Gellius ("Attic Nights") as a satirical writer and a Roman intellectual working within the cultural milieu of Antonine Rome.

Product details

• Authors: Keulen, Wytse Keulen
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2008
• EAN: 9789004169869
• ISBN: 978-90-0-416986-9
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements; Mnemosyne, Supplements
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity