Stories of Daily Life from the Roman World: Extracts from the Ancient Colloquia

ISBN-13: 9781316627280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 178 str.

Eleanor Dickey

Opis

This book provides English translations of newly discovered texts in an easily understandable presentation, with extensive illustrations.

Recenzje

'Eleanor Dickey's [book] deserves serious consideration for those tasked with introducing the ancient world to students … Stories of Daily Life, in short, will prove to be a versatile, potent, and inexpensive supplement to a variety of courses on the ancient world, even for students with little familiarity with antiquity more broadly.' Charles McNamara, Gnomon

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Days in the lives of schoolchildren; 3. Let's go to court; 4. Financial transactions; 5. Supporting friends; 6. What to say when things do not go so well; 7. Lunch time; 8. Afternoons at the baths; 9. Dinners; 10. Bedtime; 11. Passages providing additional context for the Colloquia; 12. Further information about the colloquia; Appendix: a school whipping at Pompeii?