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The Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana

Eleanor Dickey editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:1st Nov '12

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New edition, first ever translation and ground-breaking study of three ancient depictions of daily life in the Roman Empire.

Colloquia are manuals designed to help ancient Greeks and Romans get around in each other's languages. In describing activities like shopping, bathing, and dining they provide a unique glimpse of daily life in the early Roman Empire. This book offers the first modern edition and the first ever translation.The Colloquia are manuals written to help ancient Greeks and Romans get around in each other's languages; they contain examples of how to conduct activities like shopping, banking, visiting friends, hosting parties, taking oaths, winning lawsuits, using the public baths, having fights, making excuses and going to school. They thus offer a unique glimpse of daily life in the Early Roman Empire and are an important resource for understanding ancient culture. They have, however, been unjustly neglected because until now there has not been any modern editions of the texts, no translations into any modern language, and little understanding of what the Colloquia are and where they come from. This book makes the Colloquia accessible for the first time by combining a new edition, translation and commentary with a ground-breaking, comprehensive study of their origins. It is clearly written and will interest students, non-specialists and professional scholars alike.

'This will surely be the definitive edition of these texts for the foreseeable future.' The Times Literary Supplement

ISBN: 9781107020108

Dimensions: 286mm x 215mm x 19mm

Weight: 1000g

285 pages