The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (Syrus Publilius)(Paperback) - diskuze
EAN: 9781614276661
2014 Reprint of 1856 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Publius Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was a Syrian who was brought as a slave to Italy, but by his wit and talent he won the favor of his master, who freed and educated him. All that remains of his corpus is a collection of moral maxims in iambic and trochaic verse. This collection must have been made at a very early date, since it was known to Aulus Gellius in the 2nd century AD. Each maxim consists of a single verse, and the verses are arranged in alphabetical order according to their initial letters. In the course of time the collection was interpolated with sentences drawn from other writers, especially from apocryphal writings of Seneca the Younger; the number of genuine verses is about 700. They include many pithy sayings,
Cena 231 Kč v 1 obchodě
Dotazy, recenze a diskuze k The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus: A Roman Slave (Syrus Publilius)(Paperback)
Přidat dotaz
Přidat rezenci, hodnocení
Přidat rezenci, hodnocení
Yoon Nicola: The Sun is Also a StarPuzzle - Divoká zvířataHawking Stephen W.: My Brief HistoryNightflyers and Other StoriesHudební výchova pro 5. ročník základníStránky z dílaPísanka pro 1. ročník základní školy (FerdydurkeMFP Paper s.r.o. Omalovánky MFP KoníčcSchneiderová Michaela: Perioperační péPaměti imaginárního kamarádaOkolo sveta s Justinom Bieberom
Přidat dotaz