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Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus’ Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Latin literature for the moral education of the future ruler. Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham’s two-volume annotated translation of the aphorisms and Erasmus’ commentary on them makes this once popular literary and educational text accessible to modern audiences. The introduction discusses the origins of the Apophthegmata, the contents of the collection, and Erasmus’ sources.

Aphorisms and apothegms --- Quotations, Latin --- Erasmus, Desiderius, --- Apophthegmata (Erasmus, Desiderius) --- Apophthegmatum opus cumprimis frugiferum (Erasmus, Desiderius) --- Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusq. linguae scriptoribus ... collectorum libri octo (Erasmus, Desiderius) --- Aphorisms and apothegms - Early works to 1800 --- Quotations, Latin - Early works to 1800 --- Erasmus, Desiderius, - d. 1536 - Translations into English