TY - BOOK ID - 11342424 TI - Apophthegmata AU - Erasmus, Desiderius AU - Fantham, Elaine AU - Knott, Betty I PY - 2014 SN - 1442622792 1442641665 9781442622791 9781442641662 1442622806 PB - Toronto [Ontario] Buffalo London DB - UniCat KW - Aphorisms and apothegms KW - Quotations, Latin KW - Erasmus, Desiderius, KW - Apophthegmata (Erasmus, Desiderius) KW - Apophthegmatum opus cumprimis frugiferum (Erasmus, Desiderius) KW - Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusq. linguae scriptoribus ... collectorum libri octo (Erasmus, Desiderius) KW - Aphorisms and apothegms - Early works to 1800 KW - Quotations, Latin - Early works to 1800 KW - Erasmus, Desiderius, - d. 1536 - Translations into English UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11342424 AB - Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus’ Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Latin literature for the moral education of the future ruler. Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham’s two-volume annotated translation of the aphorisms and Erasmus’ commentary on them makes this once popular literary and educational text accessible to modern audiences. The introduction discusses the origins of the Apophthegmata, the contents of the collection, and Erasmus’ sources. ER -