Compendium de graecae theologiae traditionibus / Lucius Annaeus Cornutus ; recensvit José B. Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornutus, Lucius Annaeus, active 1st century.

Contributor:

Torres-Guerra, José B.

Series:

Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana

Language:

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Classical.

Physical Description:

XXXVIII, 73 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : de Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

Greek and Latin.

Summary:

Cornutus was a Roman philosopher who wrote this compendium on the Greek gods in Greek language in the first century A.D. He wanted to teach the basics of Stoic philosophy to an unknown Roman boy using this mythological work by etymologizing and allegorizing the gods' names and epithets. This is the first critical edition of the compendium since 1881.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110350333

3110350335

OCLC:

1050707764