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Hardcover Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Saturnalia Book

ISBN: 0199571198

ISBN13: 9780199571192

Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Saturnalia

The Saturnalia, Macrobius' encyclopaedic celebration of Roman culture, has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of ancient lore, much of it otherwise unattested. Cast in the form of a dialogue and arranged (by modern editors) in seven books, it treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion, and above all the poetry of Vergil, whom it presents as the master of all human knowledge, from diction...

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