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Attic Nights, Volume II

Books 6–13
By Gellius
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Attic Nights, Volume II by Aulus Gellius is a continuation of his renowned work Noctes Atticae, a rich compilation of notes on philosophy, history, biography, antiquities, law, literary criticism, and language from ancient times. This volume preserves the unique blend of scholarly insights and cultural anecdotes begun during the nights of an Attic winter, capturing lost works and shedding light on Roman life and manners.
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This volume is ideal for enthusiasts of classical literature, historians of antiquity, philologists, and anyone interested in the cultural and intellectual heritage of the Roman world.

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Vol. 2 unrevised ed., originally published 1927.

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Aulus Gellius (ca. 123–170 CE) is known almost wholly from his Noctes Atticae, Attic Nights, so called because it was begun during the nights of an Attic winter. The work collects in twenty books (of Book VIII only the index is extant) interesting notes covering philosophy, history, biography, all sorts of antiquities, points of law, literary criticism, lexicographic matters, explanations of old words, and questions of grammar.

The work is valuable because of its many excerpts from other authors whose works are lost and because of its evidence for people's manners and occupations. Some at least of the dramatic settings may be genuine occasions.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Attic Nights is in three volumes.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674992207

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 1927

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: Indexes

Contributors:

  • Translated by J. C. Rolfe
  • Translated by J. C. Rolfe

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 576

About the Author

John Carew Rolfe (1859–1943) taught at Cornell, Harvard, and the Universities of Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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