Nox Philologiae: Aulus Gellius and the Fantasy of the Roman Library

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The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2059 www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/ 3 Henrietta Street London wc2e 8lu, England Copyright © 2009 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a Web site without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. 1 3 5 4 2 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gunderson, Erik. Nox philologiae : Aulus Gellius and the fantasy of the Roman library / Erik Gunderson. p. cm. — (Wisconsin studies in classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-299-22970-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Gellius, Aulus. Noctes Atticae. 2. Civilization, Greco-Roman—Sources. 3. Learning and scholarship—Rome. I. Title. II. Series. pa6391.g86 2009 878´.01—dc22 2008012088 ...