Cato in England: Translating Latin Sayings for Moral and Linguistic Instruction
Demmy Verbeke
The present essay focuses on one of the two other texts read by basically every English school boy Renaissance, namely anonymous collection sayings entitled Dicta Catonis, which probably dates back to third century ad and used as a primary reader from Carolingian Renaissance until eighteenth century. study, versions Catonis printed before 1641, are listed in appendix. Moreover, translations strictest sense word still show much variation, depending intended reading public whether translator wanted stress linguistic instruction, moral or both.A further complication arises fact that frequently published books also contain collections ancients. Keywords:Dicta Catonis; England; version; latin sayings; instruction
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