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Apophthegmata / Desiderius Erasmus; ed. by Betty I. Knott-Sharpe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Volume 37-38Description: 1 online resource (1056 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442641662
  • 9781442622791
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.88/2 23
LOC classification:
  • PN6299 .E7 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Dedicatory Epistle -- Book 1 -- Book 2 -- Book 3 -- Book 4 -- Book 5 -- Book 6 -- Dedicatory Epistle -- Book 7 -- Book 8 -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works -- Index of Classical Persons -- Index of Mediaeval and Renaissance Persons -- Index of Scriptural References -- General Index
Summary: Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus’ Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Latin literature for the moral education of the future ruler. Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham’s two-volume annotated translation of the aphorisms and Erasmus’ commentary on them makes this once popular literary and educational text accessible to modern audiences. The introduction discusses the origins of the Apophthegmata, the contents of the collection, and Erasmus’ sources.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Dedicatory Epistle -- Book 1 -- Book 2 -- Book 3 -- Book 4 -- Book 5 -- Book 6 -- Dedicatory Epistle -- Book 7 -- Book 8 -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works -- Index of Classical Persons -- Index of Mediaeval and Renaissance Persons -- Index of Scriptural References -- General Index

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Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus’ Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Latin literature for the moral education of the future ruler. Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham’s two-volume annotated translation of the aphorisms and Erasmus’ commentary on them makes this once popular literary and educational text accessible to modern audiences. The introduction discusses the origins of the Apophthegmata, the contents of the collection, and Erasmus’ sources.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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