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In Varro was an original style of writing. Each lot of his work is like a big tree, and the crowd around him and artisans kovye shoots: short compositions, each of which develops any one narrow topic raised in this great work. So. For example, a lot of work "Antiquities» (Antiquitatum rernum divinarum humanarum que libri) has acquired small tracts - "On the Roman people» (De gente populi Romani), which describes the history of ancient kings Latsiya in connection with the history of ancient times, other peoples, and "On Life Roman people »(De vita populi Nomani), where it was about ancient times and was then living in Italy and Rome.
"Antiquities" were famous work Varro. Then he gave the most ancient history of Rome, spoke about the geography of Italy, the Roman calendar, on a number of statutes and customs.
Cicero, Varro wrote about this book: "... we were strangers in the hometown ...your books as if brought us home and told us who we are by where live, you set the year of foundation of Rome and dates of historical events: you are taught the rules of sacred Paz, talked about priestly positions, the customs of peacetime and wartime, the location of regions and cities, all that is in the world of men and gods"(Acad, poster. 1.9). The writing is, but judging from his words and some how surviving fragments (Augustine is widely used it for his "State of God") was a real encyclopedia, to cover fully the public and private life of ancient Italy.
Of the remaining works of Varro should also mention his "Portraits» (Imagines) - 700 biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, and each verse ended with the biography of praise and to each was attached a portrait of this person. Of great importance for the history of literature and have it "Mennpnovy Satire composed in prose n poetry in imitation Menipnu, Cynic philosopher, who lived in the III. BC. er.
"Agriculture" Varroa began writing when he was 80 years old and he was already thinking about how to "pack up their belongings before you leave this life." The book was written by him for his wife Fundanii and is divided into three parts: field agriculture, animal husbandry and to Homestead Farm ", ie, the breeding of poultry, poultry and fish (very briefly) by beekeeping. Each book begins the opening sketch (the beginning of the second book was lost) and is in the form of a dialogue, which involves - in each book - the new face. The names of some within the meaning of the subject matter of this book: the first, which deals with the field facilities, act Liry, Agrazy (ager-field), Fundanii (fundus-estate) in the second, which deals about the cattle - Vaccines (vacca - cow ) Skrofa (scrofa - Pig), Mury (reminds murinus - mouse ", the usual color donkey) in the third-Merula (blackbird), Pavon (peacock). Lines (apis - Bee), etc.
Style dialogue gritty, raw (it seems that the author in a hurry), the syntax confusing and unusual. All this creates great difficulties for the translation, because it is very close to the original transmission does translate Sauveur-Shannon confusing, and too free translation rather da Leco departs from the script: the translator has to tack-vat between Scylla and Charybdis of a literal translation free paraphrase. |
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