"Despite the resurgence of interest in the field of late antiquity, there are still too few authors from the period available in translation--and of the few who are translated, most, like Ausonius, are available only in arcane and unreadable English. Ausonius is one of the more accessible late antique writers, and Slavitt's choice of texts to translate reflects his accessibility--the Cento gives us a taste of Ausonius's bizarre sense of humor, and the Commemorations gives us a glimpse into his personal network of friends, teachers, and relatives, and into the everyday life of a...
"Despite the resurgence of interest in the field of late antiquity, there are still too few authors from the period available in translation--and of t...
The surviving works of Ausonius (c. 310 c. 395 CE) include much poetry, notably The Daily Round and The Moselle. There is also an address of thanks to Gratian for the consulship. The stated aim of Eucharisticus by Paulinus Pellaeus (376 after 459 CE) is to give thanks for the guidance of providence in its author s life.
The surviving works of Ausonius (c. 310 c. 395 CE) include much poetry, notably The Daily Round and The Moselle. There is also an address of thanks to...
Ausonius has become a more accessible writer since the appearance of Professor Green's acclaimed commentary on him in 1991. This newly revised text takes advantage of recent criticism, both conservative and conjectural, and re-examines the difficulties inherent in the long held view that extant manuscripts derive independently from separate authorial editions. There is a newly written introduction in English, the apparatus criticus has been pruned, the concordances expanded, and the bibliography updated.
Ausonius has become a more accessible writer since the appearance of Professor Green's acclaimed commentary on him in 1991. This newly revised text ta...
La correspondance d Ausone et de Paulin de Nole, deux illustres representants de l aristocratie gallo-romaine du IVe siecle, est un document d une importance extraordinaire, tant du point de vue historique (description de la societe aristocratique, temoignage du choc entre la tradition romaine paienne et la tradition chretienne) que du point de vue litteraire (rhetorique, imitation des classiques, assimilation de la tradition litteraire paienne par les chretiens, conception de l echange et de l amitie epistolaires a l epoque tardive). Quatre lettres sont adressees a Paulin avant sa conversion...
La correspondance d Ausone et de Paulin de Nole, deux illustres representants de l aristocratie gallo-romaine du IVe siecle, est un document d une imp...
