Adages IIi1 to IIvi100 : : IIi1 to IIvi100 / / Desiderius Erasmus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Erasmus, Desiderius,
• TeilnehmendeR: Mynors, R.A.B.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus ; 33
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (479 p.)

When Erasmus published the Adages, his monumental collection of proverbs, he wrote in the Introduction that 'a knowledge of proverbs contributes to a number of things, but to four especially: philosophy, persuasiveness, grace and charm in speaking, and the understanding of the best authors.' This volume contains another 600 of the more than 4000 adages that Erasmus gathered and commented on, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays. The notes identify the classical sources and indicate how Erasmus' reading and thinking developed over the quarter-century spanned by the eight revisions of the original work. Many of the proverbs cited by Erasmus are still in out common stock of speech.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- ADAGES II i 1 TO II vi 100 -- 1. Festina lente / Make haste slowly–100. Scytha accissans asinum / The Scythian fighting shy of the donkey -- 1. Aut quinque bibe aut treis aut ne quatuor / Drink either five or three or anything but four–100. Attica bellaria / Attic dainties -- 1. Nemo bene merito bovem immolavit praeter Pyrrhiam Nobody sacrificed an ox to his benefactor except Pyrrhias –100. Ipsis placet That is how they like it -- 1. Spartam nactus es, hanc orna Sparta is your portion; do your best for her– 100. Mopso Nisa datur Nisa is Mopsus' bride -- 1. Quid nisi victis dolor? / Losers must expect to suffer–100. Verba importat Hermodorus Hermodorus is an importer of words -- Notes -- Works Frequently Cited -- Table of Adages -- Backmatter