The Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana
The Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana
The Colloquia are manuals written to help ancient Greeks and Romans get around in each other's languages; they contain examples of how to conduct activities like shopping, banking, visiting friends, hosting parties, taking oaths, winning lawsuits, using the public baths, having fights, making excuses and going to school. They thus offer a unique glimpse of daily life in the Early Roman Empire and are an important resource for understanding ancient culture. They have, however, been unjustly neglected because until now there were no modern editions of the texts, no translations into any modern language, and little understanding of what the Colloquia are and where they come from. This book makes the Colloquia accessible for the first time by combining a new edition, translation and commentary with a ground-breaking, comprehensive study of their origins. It is clearly written and will interest students, non-specialists and professional scholars alike.
- Provides the first modern edition of the Colloquia
- Presents the first translation of the Colloquia ever made into any modern language
- The first major study of the Colloquia in over a century, allowing a better understanding of many related topics, including ancient education, ancient bilingualism and aspects of everyday life in the ancient world
Reviews & endorsements
"The title Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana does not come tripping off the tongue easily, and it will probably not receive instant recognition even from most classicists. This is a real shame, since these imaginary monologues and conversations (hence, colloquia ), rendered in a normally straightforward Greek and Latin and bundled with other bilingual materials (thereby composing the hermeneumata ; see 52-53), can provide both a pleasant diversion to beginning students of these languages and a wealth of information for the scholar. Dickey is to be thanked for this volume. She has spared neither labor nor suffering (cf. ME 1d) to give full access to scholars the tradition behind these now dependable texts." --BMCR
Product details
February 2024Paperback
9781009491013
288 pages
279 × 216 × 15 mm
0.732kg
31 b/w illus. 12 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Colloquia Monacensia-Einsidlensia (ME)
- 3. Colloquium Leidense-Stephani (LS)
- 4. Colloquium Stephani (S)
- 5. Appendix: comparison of capitula sections
- Bibliography
- Concordance with earlier editions
- Index.
