Ausonius, Decimus Magnus ; Commentaries by N. M. Kay ( Intro. & Commentary )

Ausonius ( Decimus Magnus ) : Epigrams Text With Introduction and Commentary

      United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New 2002. Hardcover. FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - 312 pages -- Decimus Magnus Ausonius of Bordeaux was one of the most significant literary and political figures of his age -- Decimus Magnus Ausonius of Bordeaux, whose life spanned the greater part of the fourth century AD, was one of the most significant literary and political figures of his age. After an academic career in his native Gaul he was appointed tutor to the future emperor Gratian, a position through which he achieved great power for himself and his family. He was made consul in 379 and later lived to enjoy a ripe old age as the grand old man of Latin letters. In this modern edition of Ausonius' short poems, collected together under the general heading of epigrams, N.M. Kay gives a line-by-line commentary dealing with points of literary, linguistic, historical and other interest. The epigrams throw light on many aspects of Ausonius' life, career and attitudes as well as on fourth-century Latin literature, and will thus be of interest to students of the fourth-century western world, of Latin literature, and of the epigram form in particular. This edition includes both Latin text and translation. -- (A) Ausonius and the epigrammatic tradition * (B) Ausonius! life and the date of the epigrams * (C) The manuscript tradition of the epigrams * Excursus A. Differences between the text of this edition and Green!s OCT * Excursus B. Concordance with other editions * Excursus C. Order of epigrams in the manuscript * Bibliography * Sigla * Text * Appendix (praef. var. 5; prec. Var. 1) * Commentary * Appendix (praef. var. 5; prec. Var. 1) * Index of Proper Names * Index of Authors * Index of Latin and Greek Words General Index .