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Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Mondadori, 1993, (bon état)

A cura di P. Cambronne, L.F. Pizzolato, M. Simonetti, P. Siniscalco, traduzione di G. Chiarini

With the «Greek and Latin Writers» series the Fondazione Lorenzo Valla and the publisher Mondadori aim to offer the public – both researchers and well-read readers – the authoritative collection of classics they have never had before. The intention is to publish those books which will become a staple in scholars' bookshelves as fundamental works for consultation – texts and commentaries that bring together all the tradition of philological and historical studies and offer new interpretations. At the same time, however, each one of these books is also meant for all those who know little Greek and Latin – all those who read Heraclitus and Virgil, Saint Jerome or Procopius, moved by imagination or intelligence, or by a thirst for knowledge, having no specific preparation, need to be helped in their approach to an ancient text.
The series includes texts of all types – poetical and historical, philosophical and religious, theatrical and scientific, narrative and travel. There are books which are symbols of classical literature, such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid, and books unknown even to a well-read public. The historical range of the collection is vast, from Mycenean documents to the last testimonies of pagan Greece, from archaic Latin to early Renaissance literature. There are masterpieces of Greek and Latin Patrology, saints'
lives, historical books of early and late Latin Middle Ages, and treasures of Byzantine literature, mostly ignored by the public.
Each volume of the series contains an introduction, a bibliography, the original text accompanied by a critical apparatus, the Italian translation, a commentary which clarifies all the elements (historical, philological, archaeological and religious, philosophical and symbolic, linguistic and stylistic), necessary for the comprehension and interpretation of the text; and indexes.
The editors have been chosen from among the leading world experts active today in the area of Classical and Christian Antiquities, Byzantine Civilization and the Latin Middle Ages. Four volumes are published each year.
The series is directed by Piero Boitani and Francesco Sisti. The deputy editorial director is Tristano Gargiulo. The editorial staff is composed by Ippolita Avanzini, Silvia Bruni, Elisabetta Busetto, Tristano Gargiulo, Laura Medda, Nicoletta Reboa, Ilaria Santomanco, Adele Simonetti, Claudio Tartaglini.