Ausonius / with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White.
| Author/creator | Ausonius, Decimus Magnus author. |
| Other author | Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), 1884-1924, translator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource : map, line illustrations, table. |
| Supplemental Content | v.1 |
| Supplemental Content | v.2 |
| Subjects |
| Collective title | Works. English & Latin |
| Series | Loeb Classical Library ; 96, 115 Loeb classical library ; 96, 115. ^A467228 |
| Contents | v. I. Books 1-17 -- v. II. Books 18-20. Paulinus Pellaeus: Eucharisticus. |
| Abstract | The surviving works of Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395 CE) include much poetry, notably "The Daily Round" and "The Moselle." There is also an address of thanks to Gratian for the consulship. The stated aim of Eucharisticus by Paulinus Pellaeus (376-after 459 CE) is to give thanks for the guidance of providence in its author's life. Ausonius (Decimus Magnus), ca. 310-ca. 395 CE, a doctor's son, was born at Burdigala (Bordeaux). After a good education in grammar and rhetoric and a short period during which he was an advocate, he took to teaching rhetoric in a school which he began in 334. Among his students was Paulinus, who was afterwards Bishop of Nola; and he seems to have become some sort of Christian himself. Thirty years later Ausonius was called by Emperor Valentinian to be tutor to Gratian, who subsequently as emperor conferred on him honours including a consulship in 379. In 383, after Gratian's murder, Ausonius retired to Bordeaux. Ausonius's surviving works, some with deep feeling, some composed it seems for fun, some didactic, include much poetry: poems about himself and family, notably "The Daily Round"; epitaphs on heroes in the Trojan War, memorials on Roman emperors, and epigrams on various subjects; poems about famous cities and about friends and colleagues. "The Moselle," a description of that river, is among the most admired of his poems. There is also an address of thanks to Gratian for the consulship. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language | Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. Works. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1919 9780674991071(v.1) 9780674991279(v.2) |
| ISBN | (v. 1) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 2) print version |
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