Showing posts with label GreekProverbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GreekProverbs. Show all posts
Friday, March 9, 2012
Theognis: Sententiae
Theognidis Megarensis Sententiae (1603)
This is an edition of the sayings, Greek gnomai, of Theognis in both Greek and Latin, with a commentary in Latin. There is an detailed index of Greek words and an abbreviated index of Latin words.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations
A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations (1873)
As the full title of the book explains, this is "A Dictionary of Select and Popular Quotations which are in daily use: taken from the Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, and Italian languages, together with a copious collection of law-maxims and law-terms translated into English with illustrations historical and idiomatic." The book is arranged alphabetically, with all the language combined. Each quotation contains a brief note about its meaning and usage along with an English translation. Sources are sometimes given. Many of the Latin items are bits of Latin verse.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Stephanus: Comicorum Graecorum sententiae
Comicorum Graecorum sententiae by Henricus Stephanus (1569)
As the full title explains: Comicorum Graecorum sententiae, id est gnomai latinis versibus ab Henr. Stephano redditae et annotationibus illustratae. Don't be put off by the first few pages of the scan; most of the book is very readable and nicely laid out, with the Greek verses, the Latin, with some brief but useful Latin annotations.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Graecae Sententiae
Graecae Sententiae (1830)
As the title page explains, this book is "a delectus of maxims, sentiments and precepts, selected from the Greek profane writers and the New Testament; to which are added the ΧΡΥΣΑ ΕΠΗ of Pythagoras and Bion's Epitaph on Adonis, with short notes, a vocabulary and other helps calculated to facilitate the early study of Greek." The author is not identified, although the book's preface is signed "W.T."
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Monday, December 12, 2011
New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages
A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
As the book's subtitle explains, the quotations are "translated into English, and occasionally accompanied with illustrations, historical poetical, and anecdotal, with an extensive index, referring to every important word." The quotations are arranged alphabetically, with the different languages mixed together. Each quotation does have an English translation, but not all of them have notes, although some of the quotations have quite extensive notes. The author's name is strangely not identified, although he said to be the author of some other books; when I checked on those books, it seems that the author for those books is likewise unknown. If anyone knows the author of this book, let me know!
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Bent: Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men
Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men by Samuel Arthur Bent (1887)
As the subtitle of the book explains, it comes "with historical and explanatory notes." The sayings are arranged alphabetically by the author or speaker. The historical notes are extremely interesting, giving a context for the sayings - but the sayings are all in English, without any of the original languages being cited consistently. So, the book is a great read, extremely educational - but to have the actual Latin or Greek quotes, you will have to work with another book that you can coordinate with this one.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Harbottle: Dictionary of Quotations
Dictionary of Quotations (Classical) by Thomas Harbottle (1906)
The book is organized alphabetically by the Latin quotation, followed by a section of Greek quotations; you will find proverbs here, along with some small chunks of poetry, with English translations provided for all. Citations are provided for the Latin and Greek texts, and there are also author and subject indexes.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Walsh: International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations
International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations by William S. Walsh (1908)
As the subtitle of the books explains, quotations are included from many languages: English, Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Persian, Italian, German, Chinese, Hebrew and others. At over a thousand pages long, there are indeed quite a few quotations in here. The quotations are organized alphabetically by topics with all the languages mixed together, along with various indexes, including author indexes and subject indexes. It's a fun book to browse through, and the Latin quotations do include the Latin as well as the English translation.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Stobaeus: Loci Communes Sacri et Profani
Loci Communes Sacri et Profani by Stobaeus (1581)
This huge and astounding book by Stobaeus, here in the so-called "Frankfurt" edition, has facing Greek text and Latin translation which makes it perhaps the most useful edition for readers of this blog. For a discussion of Stobaeus, an altogether mysterious figure who lived perhaps in the fifth century, see this Wikipedia article.
For the Latin-only edition of Conrad Gessner of 1551, see the Sententiae by Stobaeus.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Buchler: Thesaurus Proverbialium Sententiarum Uberrimus
Thesaurus Proverbialium Sententiarum Uberrimus by Johann Buchler (1613)
The book is organized alphabetically by themes, with the theme word given in Latin; each theme contains proverbs in various languages, with some citations. There are both Latin and Greek proverbs.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Gruterus: Florilegium Ethico-Politicum
Florilegium Ethico-Politicum by Janus Gruterus (1611)
Volume 1
Volume 2
In addition to Latin proverbs, it also includes Greek proverbs (with Latin translations) along with the proverbs of various European countries. The first volume contains appx. 300 pages of Latin and Greek proverbs, followed by notes by Gruterus. The second volume contains appx. 200 pages of additional Latin and Greek proverbs with notes by Gruterus, along with proverbs from other European countries.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Sartorius-Schrevelius: Adagiorum chiliades tres
Adagiorum chiliades tres by Joannes Sartorius and Cornelius Schrevelius (1670)
In addition to the Latin and Greek proverbs there is a brief commentary in Latin.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Apostolius: Proverbia Graeco-Latina
Clavis Homerica: Proverbia Graeco-Latina by Michaelis Apostolius (1831)
This is a Homeric dictionary, Greek to Latin, but it also contains a very useful appendix of the proverbs of Apostolius in Greek with Latin translations - all 20 centuries of them!
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Leutsch & Schneidewin: Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum
Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum by E. L. Leutsch and F. B. Schneidewin (1839)
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 1 contains Zenobius, Diogenianus, Plutarchus, Gregorius Cyprius plus an appendix; Volume 2 contains Diogenianus, Gregorius Cyprius, Macarius, Aesopus, Apostolius and Arsenius.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Gaisford: Paroemiographi Graeci
Paroemiographi Graeci by Thomas Gaisford (1836)
This book has a nice index of proverbs in the back. It presents individual manuscript codices, with parallel citations in the other Greek sources as footnotes.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Fongers: Nova Proverbiorum Farrago
Nova Proverbiorum Farrago by Jan Fongers (1585)
The book contains Latin and Greek proverbs with Latin commentary on each. The commentary is quite substantial, as much as a page or more.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Schottus: Paroimiai Ellenikai
Paroimiai Ellenikai by Andreas Schottus (1612)
This is a collection of the Greek proverbs of Zenodotus, Diogenianus and the Suda, with both the Greek text and a Latin translation. There are commentaries on the proverbs in both Greek and Latin.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Houghton: Moral Significance of Animals in Greek Proverbs
Moral Significance of Animals as Indicated in Greek Proverbs by Herbert Pierrepont Houghton (1915)
Ah, the days when you could submit a PhD dissertation that was just 65 pages in length! The focus is on animals represented in many proverbs: the goat, the fox, the ox, the horse, the camel, the dog, the hare, the lion, the wolf and the donkey, along with some notes about minor animals, birds, reptiles and insects.
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