Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The outer layers: parody and word-play
- 2 The wisdom tradition
- 3 Avarice and the four keys to wisdom
- 4 The multifarious nature of wisdom
- 5 Heretical knowledge? The constitution of man
- 6 The Epistolae: Virgilius' Retractatio?
- 7 Concealment of mysteries: the techniques of secrecy
- 8 Virgilius and the seventh century
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Epistola II 14-93: The vocative of ego
- Appendix 2 Epitome XV: The catalogue of grammarians
- Notes
- Works cited
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The outer layers: parody and word-play
- 2 The wisdom tradition
- 3 Avarice and the four keys to wisdom
- 4 The multifarious nature of wisdom
- 5 Heretical knowledge? The constitution of man
- 6 The Epistolae: Virgilius' Retractatio?
- 7 Concealment of mysteries: the techniques of secrecy
- 8 Virgilius and the seventh century
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Epistola II 14-93: The vocative of ego
- Appendix 2 Epitome XV: The catalogue of grammarians
- Notes
- Works cited
- Index
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- Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh CenturyDecoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995