瓦莱里乌斯·马克西姆斯：《善言懿行录》 卷1（洛布古典丛书）（原文拉英对照版） Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I Valerius Maximus

基本信息

Series:Loeb Classical Library

Format:Hardback 560 pages, none

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Imprint:Harvard University Press

ISBN:9780674995413

Published:15 Oct 2000

Weight:410g

Dimensions:117 x 169 x 30 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

瓦莱里乌斯-马克西姆斯在提比略统治时期（公元14-37年）编纂了他的《善言懿行录》。该文集在文艺复兴时期非常流行，近来又引起了学术界的关注。然而，迄今为止，《善言懿行录》还没有现代的英文译本。这部作品现在加入了Loeb古典图书馆，一个全新编辑的拉丁文本与D.R. Shackleton Bailey的悦耳的翻译相对应。

瓦勒里乌斯将其具有指导意义的例子安排在简短的章节中，每个章节都集中在一个特定的美德、恶习、实践或传统习俗上--包括预兆、梦想、愤怒、残酷、勇敢、忠诚、感激、友谊、父母之爱。这套书的道德底线是很明显的。但瓦勒里乌斯告诉我们，这本书的目的是实用的：他决定从作家那里选择有价值的材料，这样，寻找说明性例子的人就可以免去研究的麻烦。无论作者的意图是什么，他的书都是关于一世纪罗马人对道德价值观的态度的一个有趣的信息来源。

Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (14-37 CE). The collection was very popular in the Renaissance and has recently attracted renewed scholarly attention. Yet to date there has been no modern English translation of Memorable Doings and Sayings. This work is now added to the Loeb Classical Library, a freshly edited Latin text facing D. R. Shackleton Bailey's pleasing and authoritative translation.

Valerius arranges his instructive examples in short chapters, each focused on a particular virtue, vice, religious practice, or traditional custom--including Omens, Dreams, Anger, Cruelty, Bravery, Fidelity, Gratitude, Friendship, Parental Love. The moral undercurrent of this collection is readily apparent. But Valerius tells us that the book's purpose is practical: he decided to select worthwhile material from famous writers so that people looking for illustrative examples might be spared the trouble of research. Whatever the author's intention, his book is an interesting source of information on Roman attitudes toward religion and moral values in the first century.

作者简介

D. R. Shackleton Bailey是哈佛大学拉丁语语言和文学的教皇教授。

D. R. Shackleton Bailey was Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Harvard University.