IV-4 Apophthegmata (Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi Erasmus,): Apophthegmatum Libri I-IV (Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi - Erasmus, Opera Omnia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004181733 ISBN 13: 9789004181731

Publisher: Brill, 2010

Synopsis

Erasmus' Apophthegmata present a great number of famous, pithy, remarkable sayings by famous people from Classical Antiquity. Erasmus based his Latin version of the anecdotes on famous words in Plutarch. He follows the collection of Greek sayings in Plutarch loosely, often more or less in paraphrase, but parts are almost literal translations. In the introduction (and in the notes to the Latin text) the editor makes the case that Erasmus' handling of Plutarch's texts was very much influenced by works of his fellow humanists Traversari and Filelfo.

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About the Author

Tineke L. ter Meer was trained as a scholar in Dutch literature at VU University Amsterdam, and achieved her doctorate with a study of the epigrams of Constantijn Huygens. She also edited his early Latin poems (2004). Currently, she assists in the translation of Erasmus' correspondence into Dutch.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004181733
• ISBN 13: 9789004181731
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Ter Meer Tineke