Showing posts with label LatinStories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LatinStories. Show all posts

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Epitoma Vaticana ex Apollodori Bibliotheca


Epitoma Vaticana ex Apollodori Bibliotheca, edited by R. Wagner (1891)

This is a very readable modern edition, appx. 300 pages in length of the so-called Vatican epitome, which is of special interest to scholars because it covers portions of Apollodorus otherwise lost.


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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Staveren: Auctores Mythographi Latini


Auctores Mythographi Latini, edited by Augustinus van Staveren (1742)

This book contains the mythographical writings of Hyginus, Fulgentius, Lactantius and Albricus, with extremely detailed commentaries.



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Friday, September 9, 2011

Wright: A Selection of Latin Stories


A Selection of Latin Stories by Thomas Wright (1843)
The subtitle of the book explains its purpose: "from manuscripts of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries: a contribution to the history of fiction during the Middle Ages." This is a truly fantastic collection of stories in Latin. There is a glossary as well as notes in the back. You can also find a transcription at Bruce Magee's website.


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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Oesterley: Dolopathos


Dolopathos; sive, De rege et septem sapientibus by Johannes de Alta Silva (1873, ed. H. Oesterley)
This is Hermann Oesterley's edition of the Latin version of the "Seven Sages" legend, also known as the Dolopathos. A brilliant book!


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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Oesterley: Gesta Romanorum


Gesta Romanorum, ed. H. Oesterley. 1872.

One of my very favorite medieval Latin collections of stories is the Gesta Romanorum. It exists in many editions, and not just in Latin - but the place I always start from is Oesterley's magnificent edition of the Gesta. Most importantly, in the back of Oesterley's Gesta, at page 714, you can find his notes about parallel versions of the stories in other classical and medieval sources. It is invaluable! The reason I was prompted to write about this book today was because I shared one of the stories with a Latin student over at the TextKit Latin Learning Forums! :-)


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