Colloquies

Colloquies / [Erasmus] ; translated and annotated by Craig R. Thompson.

Erasmus' Familiar Colloquies grew from a small collection of phrases, sentences, and snatches of dialogue written in Paris around 1497 to help his private pupils improve their command of Latin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Other Authors: Thompson, Craig R. (Craig Ringwalt), 1911-1996
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Series:Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Works. 1974 ; v. 39-40.
Subjects:
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Translations into English.
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Translations into English.
Imaginary conversations.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Imaginary conversations
Translations
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Uniform Title:Colloquia.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Patterns of informal conversation (Familiarium colloquiorum formulae)
  • Rash vows (De votis temere susceptis)
  • In pursuit of benefices (De captandis sacerdotiis)
  • Military affairs (Militaria)
  • The master's bidding (Herilia)
  • A lesson in manners (Monitoria paedagogica)
  • Sport (De lusu)
  • The whole duty of youth (Confabulatio pia)
  • Hunting (Venatio)
  • Off to school (Euntes in ludum literarium)
  • [Additional formulae]
  • The profane feast (Convivium profanum)
  • A short rule for copiousness (Brevis de copia praeceptio)
  • The godly feast (Convivium religiosum)
  • The apotheosis of that incomparable worthy, Johann Reuchlin (De incomparabili heroe Ioanne Reuchlino in divorum numerum relato)
  • Courtship (Proci et puellae)
  • The girl with no interest in marriage (Virgo misogamos)
  • The repentent girl (Virgo poenitens)
  • Marriage (Coniugium)
  • The soldier and the Carthusian (Militis et Cartusiani)
  • Pseudocheus and Philetymus : the liar and the man of honour (Pseudochei et Philetymi)
  • The shipwreck (Naufragium)
  • Inns (Diversoria)
  • The young man and the harlot (Adolescentis et scorti)
  • The poetic feast (Convivium poeticum)
  • An examination concerning the faith (Inquisitio de fide).
  • The old men's chat, or The carriage (Geroutología, sive Ochama)
  • The well-to-do beggars (Ptochoploúsioi)
  • The abbot and the learned lady (Abbatis et eruditae)
  • The epithalamium of Pieter Gillis (Epithalamium Petri Aegidii)
  • Exorcism, or The spectre (Exorcismus, sive Spectrum)
  • Alchemy (Alcumistica)
  • The cheating horse-dealer (Hippoplanus)
  • Beggar talk (Ptochología)
  • The fabulous feast (Convivium fabulosum
  • The new mother (Puerpera).
  • v. 2. A pilgrimage for religion's sake (Peregrinatio religionis ergo)
  • A fish diet (Ichthuophagía)
  • The funeral (Funus)
  • Echo (Echo)
  • A feast of many courses (Poludaitía)
  • Things and names (De rebus de vocabulis)
  • Charon (Charon)
  • A meeting of the philological society (Synodus grammaticorum)
  • A marriage in name only, or The unequal match (Agamos gámos, sive Coniugium impar)
  • The imposture (Impostura)
  • Cyclops, or the Gospel-bearer (Cyclops, sive evangeliophorus)
  • Non-sequiturs (Aprodiónusa, sive Absurda)
  • The knight without a horse, or Faked nobility (Ippeús anippos, sive Ementita nobilitas)
  • Knucklebones, or The game of Tali (Astragalismós, sive Talorum Iusus)
  • The council of women (Senatulus, sive Gunaikosunédrion)
  • Early to rise (Diluculum)
  • The sober feast (Naphálion sumpósion)
  • The art of learning (Ars notoria)
  • The sermon, or Merdardus (Concio, sive merdardus)
  • The lover of glory (Philodoxus)
  • Penny-pinching (Opulentia sordida)
  • The seraphic funeral (Exequiae seraphicae)
  • Sympathy (Amicitia)
  • A problem (Problema)
  • The Epicurean (Epicureus)
  • The usefulness of the Colloquies (De utilitate Colloquiorum)
  • Erasmus and Erasmius
  • The return to Basel
  • Editions of the Colloquies.

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