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001 2008027893
003 DLC
005 20090415113334.0
008 080624s2009 okub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008027893
020 $a9780806139937 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
041 0 $aeng$alat
050 00 $aPA2087.5$b.C428 2009
082 00 $a878/.01$222
100 1 $aChambers, P. L.$q(Peggy L.)
245 14 $aThe Attic nights of Aulus Gellius :$ban intermediate reader and grammar review /$cP. L. Chambers.
260 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 108 p. :$bmaps ;$c28 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAulus Gellius -- The Attic nights (excerpts from the Praefatio) -- How Pythagoras calculated the height of Hercules (bk. i, i) -- The difficult decision of Chilo the Lacedaemonian (excerpt from bk.i, iii) -- The taunting of Demosthenes of Athens and likewise of Hortensius of Rome (bk. i, v) -- The method and order of pythagorean training (excerpt from bk. i, ix) -- The sibylline books and King Tarquinius (bk. i, xix) -- Papirius praetextatus (bk. i, xxiii) -- Why Fabricius Luscinus campaigned for Cornelius Rufinus (bk. iv, viii) -- Androcles and the lion (bk. v, xiv) -- Hannibal's joke about the army of King Antiochus (bk. v, v) -- Julius Caesar and the filibuster of Marcus Cato (bk. iv, x) -- Memorable censorial reprimands (bk. iv, xii) -- Three examples of severe censorial reprimands (excerpt from bk. iv, xx) -- The strength and nature of the palm tree (bk. iii, vi) -- A saying of practical value (excerpt from bk. xvi, i) -- A fable of Aesop's worth remembering (excerpt from bk. ii, xxix) -- Compiled grammar charts.
650 0 $aLatin language$vReaders.
700 1 $aGellius, Aulus.$tNoctes Atticae.$kSelections.