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- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Classical encyclopaedism
- 2 Encyclopaedism in the Roman empire
- 3 Encyclopaedismin the Alexandrian library
- 4 Labores pro bono publico
- 5 Encyclopaediasof virtue?
- 6 Plutarch'scorpus ofquaestionesin the tradition of imperial Greek encyclopaedism
- 7 Artemidorus’Oneirocriticaasfragmentary encyclopaedia
- 8 Encyclopaedias and autocracy
- 9 Late Latin encyclopaedism
- Part II Medieval encyclopaedism
- Part III Renaissance encyclopaedism
- Part IV Chinese encyclopaedism: a postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Encyclopaedism in the Roman empire
from Part I - Classical encyclopaedism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Classical encyclopaedism
- 2 Encyclopaedism in the Roman empire
- 3 Encyclopaedismin the Alexandrian library
- 4 Labores pro bono publico
- 5 Encyclopaediasof virtue?
- 6 Plutarch'scorpus ofquaestionesin the tradition of imperial Greek encyclopaedism
- 7 Artemidorus’Oneirocriticaasfragmentary encyclopaedia
- 8 Encyclopaedias and autocracy
- 9 Late Latin encyclopaedism
- Part II Medieval encyclopaedism
- Part III Renaissance encyclopaedism
- Part IV Chinese encyclopaedism: a postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance , pp. 23 - 63Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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