{"product_id":"memorable-doings-and-sayings-volume-ii","title":"Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExemplary wisdom from ancient Rome.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eValerius  Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the  reign of Tiberius (AD 14–37). The collection was admired in antiquity  and has recently been attracting renewed scholarly attention. Yet to  date there has been no modern English translation of \u003ci\u003eMemorable Doings and Sayings\u003c\/i\u003e.  This work is now added to the Loeb Classical Library, in two volumes, a  freshly edited Latin text facing D. R. Shackleton Bailey’s pleasing and  authoritative translation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Valerius arranges his instructive examples in short chapters, each  focused on a particular virtue, vice, religious practice, or traditional  custom—including Omens, Dreams, Anger, Cruelty, Bravery, Fidelity,  Gratitude, Friendship, Parental Love. The moral undercurrent of this  collection is readily apparent. But Valerius tells us that the book’s  purpose is simply practical: he decided to select worthwhile material  from famous writers so that people looking for illustrative examples  might be spared the trouble of research. Whatever the author’s  intention, his book is an interesting source of information on Roman  attitudes toward religion and moral values in the first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241722532184,"sku":"9780674995420","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674995420.jpg?v=1780398952","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/memorable-doings-and-sayings-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}