The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius : an intermediate reader and grammar review by Chambers, P. L. (Peggy L.), Gellius, Aulus. Noctes Atticae. Selections instant download

The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius : an intermediate reader and grammar review by Chambers, P. L. (Peggy L.), Gellius, Aulus. Noctes Atticae. Selections instant download

xi, 108 p. : 28 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Aulus Gellius -- The Attic nights (excerpts from the Praefatio) -- How Pythagoras calculated the height of Hercules (bk. i, i) -- The difficult decision of Chilo the Lacedaemonian (excerpt from bk.i, iii) -- The taunting of Demosthenes of Athens and likewise of Hortensius of Rome (bk. i, v) -- The method and order of pythagorean training (excerpt from bk. i, ix) -- The sibylline books and King Tarquinius (bk. i, xix) -- Papirius praetextatus (bk. i, xxiii) -- Why Fabricius Luscinus campaigned for Cornelius Rufinus (bk. iv, viii) -- Androcles and the lion (bk. v, xiv) -- Hannibal's joke about the army of King Antiochus (bk. v, v) -- Julius Caesar and the filibuster of Marcus Cato (bk. iv, x) -- Memorable censorial reprimands (bk. iv, xii) -- Three examples of severe censorial reprimands (excerpt from bk. iv, xx) -- The strength and nature of the palm tree (bk. iii, vi) -- A saying of practical value (excerpt from bk. xvi, i) -- A fable of Aesop's worth remembering (excerpt from bk. ii, xxix) -- Compiled grammar charts