An edition of The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius (2009)

The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius

an intermediate reader and grammar review

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An edition of The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius (2009)

The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius

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Table of Contents

Aulus 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Readers.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
878/.01
Library of Congress
PA2087.5 .C428 2009, PA2087.5.C428 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.

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Open Library
OL16958638M
Internet Archive
atticnightsofaul0000cham
ISBN 13
9780806139937
LCCN
2008027893
Goodreads
5703831

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