Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century
Subtitle: Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521027694
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Latin; Europe; Ancient Languages - Classical Greek; European - General; Foreign Language Study-Ancient Languages - Classical Greek; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Virgilius Maro, --Grammaticus, --7th cent.--E; Virgilius Maro,--Grammaticus,--7th cent.--Ethics
First sentence: A message concealed by a parody wrapped up in a grammar - so, with apologies to Churchill, might one characterise the works of Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, Virgil the Grammarian.