TY - BOOK ID - 77904853 TI - Lucretius and the Transpadanes PY - 2015 SN - 0691632510 0691603103 1400869501 9781400869503 9780691603100 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Latin language KW - Classical languages KW - Italic languages and dialects KW - Classical philology KW - Latin philology KW - Pronunciation. KW - Dialects KW - Lucretius Carus, Titus KW - Language. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77904853 AB - In the absence of tape recordings from antiquity, we have a limited knowledge of how classical Latin prose or verse sounded as it was rendered orally. Yet we do know that the spoken word varied greatly from place to place, regardless of how much uniformity the written language maintained. Louise Adams Holland considers the geographical basis for these linguistic differences, and advances new arguments for the origin of Lucretius. She shows that he came from the same area of northern Italy-the Transpadane-as Catullus and Virgil, not from Rome, as the majority of his critics have contended.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -