Opis: A History of Latin, Vol. 1 of 2 - Simcox George Augustus

Excerpt from A History of Latin, Vol. 1 of 2: Literature From Ennius to Boethius

An ideal history of anything would tend to be a history of everything; whether the primary subject were letters, institutions, manners, wars, or arts, the same figures, the same facts would present themselves over and over again in slightly different lights. In illustrating a truism one period or one subject is as good as another. Take the days of Domitian. His colossal equestrian statue, the Hercules which held the dessert of Vindex, the sculpture gallery of Vopiscus, which were celebrated by Martial and Statins, all ought to find their place in a perfect history of arts, of manners, or of letters. Was Domitian's effigy less ridiculous than the Duke of Wellington's Was Vindex the happy possessor of an original of Lysippus inherited from Sulla, and Hannibal and Alexander the Great Was Statins enthusiastic over a collection of skilful reductions from ancient masterpieces or a collection of audacious forgeries that professed to be original models It is hardly his fault that we have to guess: contemporaries knew. Again, take Roman law: it would find a place in a history of Roman style, of Roman science, of Roman society, for jurists developed a style of their own.

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Nazwa: A History of Latin, Vol. 1 of 2 Literature From Ennius to Boethius (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Simcox George Augustus
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330473634
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 506
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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