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Saturnalia, Volume III: Books 6-7 (Loeb Classical Library) by Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius; Robert A. Kaster is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>An antiquarian’s festival.</b><br><br>The <i>Saturnalia</i>, Macrobius’ encyclopedic celebration of Roman culture written in the early fifth century AD, has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore. Cast in the form of a dialogue, the <i>Saturnalia</i> treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religi
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- Author
- Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius; Robert A. Kaster
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674996496
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Religion, Poetry
- Rating
- 4.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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