Botley, Paul (2012) Greek epistolography in Western Europe in fifteenth-century Italy. In: Glucker, John and Burnett, Charles, (eds.) Greek into Latin from antiquity until the nineteenth century. Warburg Institute Colloquia (No.18). London ; Turin: Warburg Institute ; Nino Aragno. ISBN 9781908590411

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Abstract

The essays in this volume illustrate the passage and influence of Greek into Latin from the earliest period of Roman history until the end of the period in which Latin was a living literary language. They show how the Romans, however much they were influenced, to begin with, by the Greek literary language and Greek literature and its forms, were conscious of being not mere conquerors and rulers of the Greek world, but active participants in the further development of the culture initiated by the Greeks; how the importance of ancient Greek culture continued to be felt, with greater and lesser emphasis, in the Western Middle Ages, and the reintroduction of the Greek language in Renaissance Europe only made this interest in the Greek heritage more pronounced; and how ancient Greek works were received and transformed into Latin at various stages in the process of the rediscovery of ancient Greek culture in the West.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Series Name:	Warburg Institute Colloquia
Publisher:	Warburg Institute ; Nino Aragno
Place of Publication:	London ; Turin
ISBN:	9781908590411
Book Title:	Greek into Latin from antiquity until the nineteenth century
Editor:	Glucker, John and Burnett, Charles
Official Date:	2012
Dates:	Date Event 2012 Published
Number:	No.18
Number of Pages:	226
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published

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