Attic Nights Of Aulus Gellius

He is famous for his attic nights a commonplace book or compilation of notes on grammar philosophy history antiquarianism and other subjects preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might otherwise be unknown today.

Attic nights of aulus gellius. Plutarch s account of the method of comparison and the calculations which the philosopher pythagoras used in determining the great height of hercules while the hero was living among men. Aulus gellius flourished 2nd century ad latin author remembered for his miscellany noctes atticae attic nights in which many fragments of lost works are preserved. The attic nights of aulus gellius. Aulus gellius was a roman author and grammarian who was probably born and certainly brought up in rome.

Aulus gellius a well educated nobleman is best known today for a collection of observations titled noctes atticae a project he began during the long winter nights he spent in attica the region of greece where athens is located. Intellegi recte possit quid morbi vitiive cuique sit quis fugitivus errove sit noxave solutus non sit 2 propterea quaesierunt iure consulti veteres quod mancipium morbosum quodve vitiosum recte diceretur quantumque morbus a vitio differret. The attic nights of aulus gellius item preview remove circle share or embed this item. 3 caelius sabinus in libro quem de edicto aedilium curulium composuit labeonem refert quid.

The work collects in twenty books of book viii only the index is extant interesting notes covering philosophy history biography all sorts of antiquities points of law literary criticism and lexicographic matters explanations of old words and questions of grammar. Written in athens to beguile the winter evenings the work is an interesting source on the state of knowledge and scholarship of his time. 123 170 ce is known almost wholly from his noctes atticae attic nights so called because it was begun during the nights of an attic winter. He was educated in athens after which he returned to rome.

Attic nights of aulus gellius tertium vitae annum cum periculo et clade aliqua venire aut corporis morbique gravioris aut vitae interitus 2 aut animi aegritudinis. Book vi book vii book viii book ix book x i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv section 15arg. Attic nights of aulus gellius. The selections chosen for this reader touch on diverse aspects of roman culture and can be easily understood and translated by intermediate students.

Xvi xvii xviii xix xx xxi. Propterea qui rerum verborumque istiusmodi studio tenentur eum aetatis annum appellant κλιμακτηρικόν. Full text of the attic nights of aulus gellius see other formats.