L. Annaeus Cornutus: Greek Theology, Fragments, and Testimonia
SBL Press, 2018
Paper: 978-1-62837-210-6 | Cloth: 978-0-88414-293-5 | eISBN: 978-0-88414-294-2
Library of Congress Classification PA6375.C8B69 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 878.01
Paper: 978-1-62837-210-6 | Cloth: 978-0-88414-293-5 | eISBN: 978-0-88414-294-2
Library of Congress Classification PA6375.C8B69 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 878.01
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The first English translation of Greek Theology
The first-century CE North African philosopher Cornutus lived in Rome as a philosopher and is best known today for his surviving work Greek Theology, which explores the origins and names of the Greek gods. However, he was also interested in the language and literature of the poets Persius and Lucan and wrote one of the first commentaries on Virgil. This book collects and translates all of our evidence for Cornutus for the first time and includes the first published English translation of Greek Theology. This collection offers entirely fresh insight into the intellectual world of the first century.
Features
- Translation based on the latest critical text
- The first truly holistic picture of Cornutus’s intellectual profile
- A new account of the early debate over Aristotle’s Categories and the Stoic contribution to it
