{"product_id":"9783110170597","title":"Das Symposium der XII sapientes: Kommentar und Verfasserfrage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"Carmina XII sapientum\" is a corpus of inscriptions from late classical antiquity which was widely received in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; it consists of twelve cycles of twelve poems, each cycle with a different theme. The titles of the manuscripts name twelve scholars as the authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present study provides the first detailed critical commentary on the individual elements of the corpus, dealing with all its textual, linguistic, stylistic and content-related aspects. The commentary on each cycle is preceded by a historical treatment of the motifs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the process, the author reaches a completely new interpretation of this collection of epigrams. She presents it as a jocular work in the ancient literary tradition of the symposium; it was produced at the turn of the 4th century AD by a rhetorically skilled author already versed in Christian discourses, probably by the rhetor and later Christian apologist Lactantius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056168845552,"sku":"9783110170597","price":172.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783110170597_p0.jpg?v=1763715083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783110170597","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}