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Wisdom from Rome


Wisdom from Rome

Reading Roman Society and European Education in the Distichs of Cato
ISSN, Band 8 1. Aufl.

von: Serena Connolly

109,95 €

Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 03.10.2022
ISBN/EAN: 9783110789614
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 259

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<p>For about one thousand years, the <em>Distichs of Cato</em> 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 <em>Distichs</em> 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 <em>Distichs</em>: 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. </p>
<p><strong>Serena Connolly</strong>, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. </p>

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