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Cesti : the extant fragments / Iulius Africanus ; edited by Martin Wallraff, Carlo Scardino, Laura Mecella and Christophe Guignard ; translated by William Adler.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte ; n.F., Bd. 18.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2012Description: 1 online resource (cxxxii, 224 pages ): 4 color facsimilesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110286809
  • 3110286807
Contained works:
  • Africanus, Sextus Julius. Kestoi. English (Adler)
  • Africanus, Sextus Julius. Kestoi. Greek (Wallraff, Scardino, Mecella and Guignard)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 888 23/swe
LOC classification:
  • PA3860.A5 A65 2012
Online resources: Summary: Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating intellectual in a period of transition. Author of the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae), he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition, based on a thorough analysis of all channels of transmission. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.
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Text of the fragments in Greek with English translation on facing pages; extensive critical introduction and notes in English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xciii-cx) and indexes.

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Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating intellectual in a period of transition. Author of the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae), he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition, based on a thorough analysis of all channels of transmission. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.

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