{"product_id":"valerius-maximus-facta-et-dicta-memorabilia-text-introduction-and-commentary-paperback","title":"Valerius Maximus, \u003eFacta Et Dicta Memorabilia: Text, Introduction, and Commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Briscoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There is no modern commentary on the whole of Valerius Maximus' \u003cem\u003eFacta et dicta memorabilia\u003c\/em\u003e, though commentaries on books 1 and 2 have been published by, respectively, David Wardle (1998) and Andrea Themann-Steinke. Progress is likely to be made by further commentaries on individual books and John Briscoe contributes to this with a commentary on Book 8, of particular interest because of the variegated nature of its subject matter. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The commentary, like those of Briscoe's commentaries on Livy Books 31-45 (OUP, 1973-2012), deals with matters of content, textual issues, language and style, and literary aspects. An ample introduction discusses what is known about the author, the time of writing, the structure both of the work as a whole and of Book 8 itself, Valerius' sources, language and style, the transmission of the text, editions of Valerius, and the methods of citation used in the commentary. The commentary is preceded by a text of Book 8, a slightly revised version of that in Briscoe's edition in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana (1998), with an apparatus limited to passages where the commentary discusses a textual problem. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The book will give readers an understanding of an author once very popular, then long neglected and now enjoying a revival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Briscoe's commentary on Book 8 of Valerius Maximus' \u003cem\u003eFacta et dicta memorabilia\u003c\/em\u003e aims, as in his four volumes of commentary on Livy Books 31-45, to give attention to matters of content, textual criticism, language and style, and literary aspects. The volume also contains a slightly revised version of the text of Book 8 in his Teubner edition and an \u003cem\u003eapparatus criticus\u003c\/em\u003e limited to passages where the commentary discusses a textual problem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Briscoe\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Manchester, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48383516377337,"sku":"9783110763690","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R0gJUqosxb9783110763690.webp?v=1778444098","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/valerius-maximus-facta-et-dicta-memorabilia-text-introduction-and-commentary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}