The Distichs Of Cato: A Famous Medieval Textbook (1922) - Couverture rigide

Chase, Wayland Johnson

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ISBN 10 : 1169635997 ISBN 13 : 9781169635999

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Distichs of Cato is a famous medieval textbook that was originally written in Latin by Dionysius Cato, a Roman poet and grammarian. This book, published in 1922 by Wayland Johnson Chase, is an English translation of that text. The Distichs of Cato is a collection of short, two-line poems that offer practical advice on a variety of topics, including morality, ethics, and practical skills. The poems cover a wide range of subjects, from how to behave in public to the importance of hard work and honesty. The book is considered an important work of medieval literature and has been used as a teaching tool for centuries. This edition includes an introduction by the translator, as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliography for further reading. The Distichs of Cato is a fascinating look at the moral and ethical values of medieval society and provides valuable insights into the way people thought and lived during that time period.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Excerpt from The Distichs of Cato: A Famous Medieval Textbook, Translated From the Latin, With Introductory Sketch

"He knew no Catoun, for his wit was rude," said Geoffrey Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales about one of his characters, the carpenter. This was in about 1400, probably more than eleven hundred years after Cato, or Catoun as the Norman-French called him, had brought together his collection of moral couplets for the instruction of the young. So nearly universal was their vogue at this time that Chaucer could be sure that all would understand that the ignorant carpenter had not gone in his schooling even so far as the first reader. Almost four hundred years after Chaucer this collection continued to be of great educational importance on two and perhaps three continents, and so, having had more than fifteen centuries of continuous service in education, is thoroughly deserving of consideration.

Who this Cato was and when and where he lived have been the subject of conjecture and enquiry for very many centuries. Distichs of this collection were already known around 200 A.D., the first trace of them being in two epitaphs which contained a couplet or two. Commodian, a poet of the third century, used them and imitated their style. The earliest appearance of the collection under the name Cato was in a letter of Vindicianus, proconsul in Africa to the Emperor Valentinian who died in 375 A.D. By one group of investigators it has been urged that because Vindicianus declared that he found the book widely circulated in Africa and because it resembles in language peculiarities and in versification the other poetic works of Roman Africa these distichs were the work of an African rhetorician.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1169635997
• ISBN 13: 9781169635999
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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