Stories of daily life from the Roman world : extracts from the ancient Colloquia / Eleanor Dickey ; with illustrations by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickey, Eleanor, author, editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana. Colloquia. Selections. English. (Dickey)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Social life and customs.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Manners and customs.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

xviii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Contents:

The ancient preface: version 1

The ancient preface: version 2

Days in the lives of schoolchildren

Further reading

A well-off child

A model child

A student in the greek east?

Winning a school competition

An abbreviated version

An expanded version

Let's go to court

Winning a lawsuit

Two criminal trials in the forum

The easy life of a lawyer

Another way to resolve a dispute

Financial transactions

A trip to the bank

Two attempts to recover loans

A shopping trip

Supporting friends

Visiting the sick

Responding to an appeal

Making plans

Rebukes for neglect

What to say when things do not go so well

Preface to phrasebook

A selection of excuses

A selection of insults and other phrases to use in arguments

Lunch time

Preparing for a guest

A celebratory meal

Afternoons at the baths

A family outing

Instructions to slaves

A deluxe experience

Dinners

Preparations for a big dinner

A dinner party

Another dinner party

A private dinner

Bedtime

The aftermath of an orgy

Rebuking the servants

Preparing for bed

The conclusion

Passages providing additional context for the colloquia

Philogelos

Graffiti from pompeii

Vindolanda tablets

Oxyrhynchus papyri

The poems of martial

Seneca, letter 56.1-2

Apicius' cookbook

The edict of diocletian

Further information about the Colloquia

The Colloquia

The hermeneumata pseudodositheana

Language study in antiquity: who and why?

Language study in antiquity: how?

How the colloquia were used

The translation system used in the colloquia

History and transmission of the colloquia

Other colloquia

Appendix: a school whipping at pompeii?.

Notes:

"The ancient Colloquia, a set of elementary language-learning materials from the Roman empire, contain fascinating information on many aspects of daily life in the Roman world, but they have long been neglected because until recently they had neither a modern edition nor a translation into any modern language. Most Classicists have never heard of them, as indeed I had not until a few years ago. But as soon as I started working on these texts I fell in love with them; I felt they had tremendous potential and wanted everyone to be able to use them, a desire that led to production of a full scholarly edition of the Colloquia with translation and detailed commentary (Dickey 2012-15). That edition contains the arguments for the editorial and interpretive decisions underpinning the work presented here. This book, by contrast, aims simply to present the Colloquia to non-specialist readers, people who would like to know what these texts tell us about ordinary life in the Roman empire and who are prepared to take my restoration and translation of the text on trust. Readers should be aware that alternative interpretations are often possible; note in particular that all words in italics are editorial additions"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107176805

1107176808

9781316627280

1316627284

OCLC:

982185076