In the complexity of its argument and profusion of imagery, a poem such as "Dum Diane vitrea" ("While Shining Diane") far exceeds the imagination of any classical author.
It is, rather, a polyglot's helper: a word appears in English and its equivalents are usually offered in French and Latin and Greek, often with a proverbial expression, or a citation from a classical author.
C. 440 Tahal, Iraq c. 523 Çankırı, Turkey Philoxenus Of Mabbug,, (born c. 440, Tahal, Beth-Garmaï [near modern Kirkūk, Iraq] died c. 523, Gangra, Paphlagonia [near modern Samsun, Turkey]) Syrian bishop, theologian, and classical author.
Philoxenus of Mabbug, Syriac Aksěnāyā, (born c. 440, Tahal, Beth-Garmaï [near modern Kirkūk, Iraq] died c. 523, Gangra, Paphlagonia [near modern Samsun, Turkey]), Syrian bishop, theologian, and classical author.
An anecdote from a later classical author about the Athenian legislator Solon, a contemporary of Sappho's and one of the Seven Sages of Greece, is typical: Solon of Athens, son of Execestides, after hearing his nephew singing a song of Sappho's over the wine, liked the song so much that he told the boy to teach it to him.
Illustrated with quotations from every Classical author down to the Antonines (mid-2nd century ad), the dictionary is ultimately to include every word (except the most familiar particles) used in the text of these writings and to be a complete historical Latin dictionary.
His readiness to discard received authority, even that of Classical authors such as Aristotle and Pliny, is impressive.
The rediscovery of Classical authors, including Herodotus, fueled Renaissance interest in Egypt.
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Reprinted selections of important literary criticism of the major classical authors.
The research is focused in the information obtained from the classical authors of Spanish vernacular architecture.
He is known from cuneiform inscriptions, the Bible and later Jewish sources, and classical authors.
