Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II : Books 6-9 by Valerius Valerius Maximus

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ISBN
9780674995420
Book Title
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II : Books 6-9
Book Series
Loeb Classical Library
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Item Length
6.7 in
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Valerius Valerius Maximus
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
Topic
Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, General, Historical
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Width
4.5 in
Number of Pages
480 Pages
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674995422
ISBN-13
9780674995420
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1666056

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Book Title
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II : Books 6-9
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, General, Historical
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History
Author
Valerius Valerius Maximus
Book Series
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
6.7 in
Item Width
4.5 in

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LCCN
99-089336
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Shackleton Bailey is best known to the scholarly community for his excellent translations of Cicero's letters. His version of Valerius Maximus also deserves praise, merits inclusion in the fine Loeb Classical Library, and fills a major need for an English version of this valuable source.
Series Volume Number
493
Volume Number
Volume II
Dewey Decimal
937/.02
Synopsis
Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37). His professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is informative about first-century AD Roman attitudes toward religion and morality., Exemplary wisdom from ancient Rome. Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37). The collection was admired in antiquity and has recently been attracting renewed scholarly attention. Yet to date there has been no modern English translation of Memorable Doings and Sayings . This work is now added to the Loeb Classical Library, in two volumes, a freshly edited Latin text facing D. R. Shackleton Bailey's pleasing and authoritative translation. Valerius arranges his instructive examples in short chapters, each focused on a particular virtue, vice, religious practice, or traditional custom--including Omens, Dreams, Anger, Cruelty, Bravery, Fidelity, Gratitude, Friendship, Parental Love. The moral undercurrent of this collection is readily apparent. But Valerius tells us that the book's purpose is simply practical: he decided to select worthwhile material from famous writers so that people looking for illustrative examples might be spared the trouble of research. Whatever the author's intention, his book is an interesting source of information on Roman attitudes toward religion and moral values in the first century., Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (14-37 CE). The collection was very popular in the Renaissance and has recently attracted renewed scholarly attention. Yet to date there has been no modern English translation of Memorable Doings and Sayings . This work is now added to the Loeb Classical Library, a freshly edited Latin text facing D. R. Shackleton Bailey's pleasing and authoritative translation. Valerius arranges his instructive examples in short chapters, each focused on a particular virtue, vice, religious practice, or traditional custom--including Omens, Dreams, Anger, Cruelty, Bravery, Fidelity, Gratitude, Friendship, Parental Love. The moral undercurrent of this collection is readily apparent. But Valerius tells us that the book's purpose is practical: he decided to select worthwhile material from famous writers so that people looking for illustrative examples might be spared the trouble of research. Whatever the author's intention, his book is an interesting source of information on Roman attitudes toward religion and moral values in the first century.
LC Classification Number
PA6791.V6A26 2000

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