Gargilius Martialis: The Agricultural Fragments
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-49989-7 (ISBN)
In the third century CE, the North African polymath, soldier, and provincial official Q. Gargilius Martialis (died 260) wrote a treatise on the cultivation and medical use of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. The agricultural part of this work survives in a fragmentary state in a single manuscript. Despite this impediment, the agricultural writings are noteworthy for the clear marks both of their meticulous research and of the application of independent judgement and experience. Gargilius furthermore presents his advice in a stylized and literary form that strives for elegance through the use of prose rhythm, rhetorical variatio, and figurative language. The fragments will be valuable for those interested in ancient agriculture, in Greco-Roman authorship on the technai or artes, and in the history and sociolinguistics of Latin. This volume offers a new edition and the first English translation of Gargilius' agricultural fragments as well as an introduction and full-scale commentary.
James L. Zainaldin is a doctoral candidate at Harvard University, Massachusetts in the Department of the Classics. Among other publications concerning classical antiquity, he has written articles on Ptolemy's Almagest and Seneca's Moral Letters. His dissertation studies the intellectual culture of the artes in the early Roman Empire.
Introduction: I. Gargilius Martialis: Life and Work; II. Gargilius in the Agricultural Tradition; III. Structure and Method; IV. Understanding the Agriculture of De arboribus pomiferis; V. Language and Style; VI. Reception; VII. History of the Text; VIII. Previous Editions; IX. Conventions Adopted in This Edition, Translation, and Commentary; Text, Critical Apparatus, and Translation: Sigla; Text, Critical Apparatus, and Translation; Commentary: I. De cydoneis; II. De persicis; III. De amygdalis; IV. De castaneis; Appendices: I. The Latin Text Shared by N (De arboribus pomiferis) and the Manuscripts of Medicinae ex holeribus et pomis; II. Manure in the Agricultural Authors; III. Spelling Errors in the Manuscript.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.04.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 17 Plates, black and white; 17 Halftones, color; 3 Halftones, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 146 x 223 mm |
| Gewicht | 630 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-49989-9 / 1108499899 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-49989-7 / 9781108499897 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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