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Lex Convivalis
The ''Lex convivalis'', also known as the ''Decretum parasiticum'', is a humorous Latin text from late antiquity. Only a fragment of this work survives, transmitted at the end of the ''Querolus ''Querolus'' (''The Complainer'') or ''Aulularia'' (''The Pot'') is an anonymous Latin comedy from late antiquity, the only Latin drama to survive from this period and the only ancient Latin comedy outside the works of Plautus and Terence. Title ...''. Some editors include it in the text of that work, either at the end, as transmitted, or transposed to an earlier point in the last scene. The difference between the metrical character of the two works is against this: the ''Lex convivalis'' has metrical clausulae typical of late Latin prose rhythm, while the ''Querolus'' has endings that resemble Plautine verse.R. Jakobi, ''Gnomon'' 73, 2001, 407. The text sets out the rights of a parasite (a hanger-on) for injuries sustained at a feast, humorously phrased in the formal language of Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four verb conjuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Antiquity
Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English has generally been credited to historian Peter Brown, after the publication of his seminal work '' The World of Late Antiquity'' (1971). Precise boundaries for the period are a continuing matter of debate, but Brown proposes a period between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Generally, it can be thought of as from the end of the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century (235–284) to the early Muslim conquests (622–750), or as roughly contemporary with the Sasanian Empire (224–651). In the West its end was earlier, with the start of the Early Middle Ages typically placed in the 6th century, or earlier on the edges of the Western Roman Empire. The Roman Empire underwent considerable social, cultural and organizational changes starting wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Querolus
''Querolus'' (''The Complainer'') or ''Aulularia'' (''The Pot'') is an anonymous Latin comedy from late antiquity, the only Latin drama to survive from this period and the only ancient Latin comedy outside the works of Plautus and Terence. Title and origins In his prologue to the spectators the author first says ''Aululariam hodie sumus acturi'' (‘We are going to perform the ''Aulularia'' today’), then offers a choice of title: ''Querolus an Aulularia haec dicatur fabula, vestrum hinc iudicium, vestra erit sententia'' (‘Whether this play is called ''Querolus'' or ''Aulularia'' will be your judgement, your decision’). The archetype of the surviving manuscripts seem to have had the title ''Aulularia'', along with a false attribution to Plautus, who had also written an ''Aulularia''. Modern scholars generally use the title ''Querolus'' to avoid confusion with Plautus’ ''Aulularia''. Date and place of composition are uncertain. Mention of lawlessness ''ad Ligerem'' (‘by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
