Sallustius
Concerning the Gods and the Universe

Originally published in 1926, this book contains the ancient Greek text of the fourth-century treatise Concerning the Gods and the Universe by Sallustius.

Arthur Darby Nock (Author)

9781107645035, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 October 2013

174 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.26 kg

Originally published in 1926, this book contains the ancient Greek text of the fourth-century treatise Concerning the Gods and the Universe by Sallustius. Nock provides an English translation on each facing page, as well as a critical apparatus and a detailed set of prolegomena on the historical background, sources, style and transmission of the philosophical essay. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in late Roman philosophy and in the pagan response to early Christianity.

Abbreviations
Prologomena
1. The intellectual background
2. The context of the treatise
3. Sources and authorship
4. Style and form
5. The transmission of the text
Text and translation
Appendix. The readings of the Barberini manuscript
Index 1. Subject
Index 2. The Greek of Sallustius
Index 3. Other texts emended or explained.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]