Adages IV iii 1 to V ii 51 : : Collected Works of Erasmus / / Desiderius Erasmus; John Grant.

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• VerfasserIn: Erasmus, Desiderius,
• TeilnehmendeR: Grant, John,; Knott-Sharpe, Betty.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus ; 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This sixth of seven volumes devoted to the Adages in the Collected Works of Erasmus completes the translation and annotation of the more than 4000 proverbs gathered and commented on by Erasmus in his Adagiorum Chiliades (Thousands of Adages, usually known more simply as the Adagia). This volume?s aim, like that of the others, is to provide a fully annotated, accurate, and readable English version of Erasmus' commentaries on these Greek and Latin proverbs, and to show how Erasmus continued to expand this work, originally published in 1508, until his death in 1536. An indication of Erasmus' unflagging interest in classical proverbs is that almost 500 of the 951 adages translated in this volume did not make their first appearance until the edition of 1533.Following in the tradition of meticulous scholarship for which the Collected Works of Erasmus is widely known, the notes to this volume identify the classical sources and illustrate how the content of his commentaries on the adages often reflects Erasmus' scholarly and editing interests in the classical authors at a particular time. The work was highly acclaimed and circulated widely in Erasmus' time, serving as a conduit for transmitting classical proverbs into the vernacular languages, in which many of the proverbs still survive to this day.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Adages IV iii 1 to v ii 51 -- 1. Vita molita / Living on milled fare - 100. Hoc noveram priusquam Theognis natus est / I knew this before Theognis was born -- 1. Phocensium desperatio Phocian desperation - 100. Nunc tuum ferram in igni est / Now your iron is in the fire -- 1. Ne bos quidem pereat / Not even an ox would be lost - 100. Pereant amici... / May my friends perish... -- 1. Plenis veils / At full sail - 100. Άγαθοδιμουζειυ / To be in the service of good luck -- 1. In frigidum furnum panes immittere / To put loaves in a cold oven - 100. Candidas sermo / White speech -- 1. Ambrones / Ambrones - 100. Hoc tu mihi dices / You'll tell me -- 1. Nummo addicere / To knock down for a penny - 100. Nullius coloris / Of no colour -- 1. Et praedam et praemium / Plunder and prize - 100. Lippo oculo similis / Like a runny eye -- 1. Tu in legione, ego in culina / You in camp, I in the kitchen - 100. Navigationis socius / A fellow-sailor -- 1. Nuncio nihil imputandum / Don't blame the messenger - 51. lapeto antiquior / Older than lapetus -- Works Frequently Cited -- Table of Adages