Critics, Compilers, and Commentators: An Introduction to Roman Philology, 200 BCE-800 CE

Critics, Compilers, And Commentators Is The First Comprehensive Introduction To Roman Philology-the Study Of Latin Language And Latin Texts. It Explains Its History And Forms As They Were Transformed By Changing Intellectual And Social Contexts, And Provides Description And Bibliography Of Hundreds Of Surviving Dictionaries, Commentaries, And Grammars. Part I: A Short History Of Roman Scholarship. The Face Of Learning -- The Origins Of Roman Grammar -- Word And World: Varro And His Contemporaries -- Past And Present: From Caecilius Epirota To Valerius Probus -- Finding The Right Word -- Dictionaries, Glossaries, Encyclopedias -- Commentary And Exegesis -- Grammar And Grammarians -- Author, Audience, Text -- Part Ii: A Bibliographical Guide. Dictionaries And Encyclopedias -- Commentaries -- Grammars And Other Forms Of Erudition -- Early Medieval Grammars. James E. G. Zetzel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.