Distichs of Cato
Distichs of Cato

Author: Dionysius Cato

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781977542694

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The Distichs of Cato, by Catonis Disticha, most famously known simply as Cato, is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by an unknown author named Dionysius Cato from the 3rd or 4th century AD. The Cato was the most popular medieval schoolbook for teaching Latin, prized not only as a Latin textbook, but as a moral compass. Cato was in common use as a Latin teaching aid as late as the 18th century, used by Benjamin Franklin. It was one of the best-known books in the Middle Ages and was translated into many languages. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Cato's Distichs
Cato's Distichs

Author: Cato

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781291546057

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The best-tried Latin primer ever, tested for fifteen centuries and more. The greatest textbook, oodles more readable than Caesar's wanderings round Gaul or made-up texts about the sailor loving the table or, if you're lucky, the girl. REAL. Latin. The perfect short text for schools and home learners in this innovative new edition by Finnegan, an experienced Latin teacher, with explanatory commentary and engaging study questions. Unmissable. Callender Classical Texts

The School of Rome
The School of Rome

Author: W. Martin Bloomer

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-04-27

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0520948408

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This fascinating cultural and intellectual history focuses on education as practiced by the imperial age Romans, looking at what they considered the value of education and its effect on children. W. Martin Bloomer details the processes, exercises, claims, and contexts of liberal education from the late first century b.c.e. to the third century c.e., the epoch of rhetorical education. He examines the adaptation of Greek institutions, methods, and texts by the Romans and traces the Romans’ own history of education. Bloomer argues that whereas Rome’s enduring educational legacy includes the seven liberal arts and a canon of school texts, its practice of competitive displays of reading, writing, and reciting were intended to instill in the young social as well as intellectual ideas.

Accessus ad auctores
Accessus ad auctores

Author:

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 2015-11-12

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1580441904

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Medieval commentaries typically included an accessus, a standardized introduction to an author or book. In the twelfth century these introductions were anthologised, referred to now as Accessus ad auctores. They served as the first handbooks of literary criticism. The earliest and most comprehensive example, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 19475, saec. XII,is presented here for the first time in a faithful critical edition, with a new translation and explanatory notes addressing different aspects of the text. This book's aim is to present an accurate version of the text while respecting the arrangement and integrity of the anthology as a whole, and includes previously unpublished material from the anthology.

From Literacy to Literature
From Literacy to Literature

Author: Christopher Cannon

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0198779437

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'From Literacy to Literature' is a cultural history that draws a line between canonical ricardian writers and the school-books of their time.