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Wisdom from Rome - Reading Roman Society and European Education in the Distichs of Cato (Hardcover)
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Wisdom from Rome - Reading Roman Society and European Education in the Distichs of Cato (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Classics - Pathways of Reception
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For about one thousand years, the Distichs of Cato were the first
Latin text of every student across Europe and latterly the New
World. Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare assumed their audiences
knew them well-and they almost certainly did. Yet most Classicists
today have either never heard of them or mistakenly attribute them
to Cato the Elder. The Distichs are a collection of approximately
150 two-line maxims in hexameters that offer instructions about or
reflections on topics such as friendship, money, reputation,
justice, and self-control. Wisdom from Rome argues that Classicists
(and others) should read the Distichs: they provide important
insights into the ancient Roman literate masses' conceptions of
society and their views of relationships between the individual,
family, community, and state. Newly dated to the first century CE,
they are an important addition and often corrective to more
familiar contemporary texts that treat the same topics. Moreover,
as the field of Classics increasingly acknowledges the intellectual
importance of exploring the reception of Classical texts, an
introduction to one of the most widely read ancient texts for many
centuries is timely and important.
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