Collected Works of Erasmus

Adages: IV iii 1 to V ii 51, Volume 36

By:

Desiderius Erasmus

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Series:

Collected Works of Erasmus

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This sixth of seven volumes devoted to the Adages in the Collected Works of Erasmus completes the translation and annotation of the more than 4000 proverbs gathered and commented on by Erasmus in his Adagiorum Chiliades (Thousands of Adages, usually known more simply as the Adagia). This volume’s aim, like that of the others, is to provide a fully annotated, accurate, and readable English version of Erasmus' commentaries on these Greek and Latin proverbs, and to show how Erasmus continued to expand this work, originally published in 1508, until his death in 1536. An indication of Erasmus' unflagging interest in classical proverbs is that almost 500 of the 951 adages translated in this volume did not make their first appearance until the edition of 1533. Following in the tradition of meticulous scholarship for which the Collected Works of Erasmus is widely known, the notes to this volume identify the classical sources and illustrate how the content of his commentaries on the adages often reflects Erasmus' scholarly and editing interests in the classical authors at a particular time. The work was highly acclaimed and circulated widely in Erasmus' time, serving as a conduit for transmitting classical proverbs into the vernacular languages, in which many of the proverbs still survive to this day. Volume 36 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

Author Biography:

Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe’s foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects. Betty I. Knott-Sharpe is a senior honourary research fellow in Classics at the University of Glasgow. John N. Grant is a professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto.

Release date NZ

May 1st, 2016

Author

Desiderius Erasmus

Series

Collected Works of Erasmus

Contributors

Edited and translated by John N. Grant
Translated by Betty Knott-Sharpe

Pages

688

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Dimensions

178x254x25

ISBN-13

9781487520755

Product ID

26012144

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