Verlag:
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis.
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EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA
This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius--a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius's only work, the twenty-volume "Noctes Atticae"," "is an exploding,...
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This esoteric and original study focuses on the equally singular work of Aulus Gellius--a Roman author and grammarian (ca. 120-180 A.D.), possibly of African origin. Gellius's only work, the twenty-volume "Noctes Atticae"," "is an exploding, sometimes seemingly random text-cum-diary in which Gellius jotted down everything of interest he heard in conversation or read in contemporary books.
