Research Catalog
Saturnalia
- Title
- Saturnalia / Macrobius ; edited and translated by Robert A. Kaster.
- Author
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Items in the Library & Off-site
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6 Items
Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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v. 3 | Text | Request in advance | PA3611 Macrobius v. 3 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 3 | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PA6156 .M33 v. 3 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
v. 2 | Text | Request in advance | PA3611 Macrobius v. 2 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PA6156 .M33 v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
v. 1 | Text | Request in advance | PA3611 Macrobius v. 1 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PA6156 .M33 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kaster, Robert A.
- Description
- 3 volumes; 17 cm
- Summary
- The Saturnalia, Macrobius' encyclopedic celebration of Roman culture written in the early fifth century CE, has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore. Cast in the form of a dialogue, the Saturnalia treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge, from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion. The new Latin text is based on a refined understanding of the medieval tradition and improves on Willis' standard edition in nearly three hundred places. The accompanying translation - only the second in English and the only one now in print - offers a clear and sprightly rendition of Macrobius' ornate Latin and is supplemented by ample annotation. A full introduction places the work in its cultural context and analyzes its construction, while indexes of names, ancient works cited in both text and notes, and topics make the work more readily accessible than ever before. -- Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Loeb classical library ; 510-512
- Uniform Title
- Saturnalia. English & Latin
- Loeb classical library ; 510-512.
- Alternative Title
- Saturnalia.
- Subjects
- Scipio, Africanus, approximately 236 B.C.-183 B.C > In literature
- Literatur
- Dialogues, Latin > Translations into English
- Religious poetry, Latin > Translations into English
- Scipio Aemilianus, P. Cornelius (Publius Cornelius), Africanus minor, 185 B.C. or 184 B.C.-129 B.C > In literature
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Rome > Civilization > Poetry
- Virgil > Poetry
- Latein
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages lxvii-lxxiii) and indexes.
- Language (note)
- Parallel text in Latin and English translation.
- Contents
- [Volume] I. Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Saturnalia, books 1-2 -- [volume] II. Abbreviations -- Saturnalia, books 3-5 -- [volume] III. Abbreviations -- Saturnalia, books 6-7 -- Index of names -- Index locorum -- Index of topics.
- Call Number
- PA6156
- ISBN
- 9780674996496
- 0674996496
- 9780674996717
- 0674996712
- 9780674996724
- 0674996720
- LCCN
- 2010924777
- OCLC
- 693772829
- Author
- Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
- Title
- Saturnalia / Macrobius ; edited and translated by Robert A. Kaster.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Loeb classical library ; 510-512Loeb classical library ; 510-512.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages lxvii-lxxiii) and indexes.
- Language
- Parallel text in Latin and English translation.
- Added Author
- Kaster, Robert A.
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR PA6156 .M33PA3611 Macrobius