Epitome Abréger les textes antiques

• Other Authors: Boehm, Isabelle (Editor), Vallat, Daniel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Lyon MOM Éditions 2020
• Series: Littérature & Linguistique
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; summary; epitome; abstract; paraphrase; poetry; school litterature; medicine; astronomy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The use of abbreviated versions of literary works from all fields of knowledge, from botany to the whole work of a historian such as Livy, was extremely common in Antiquity. These digests had various forms, ranging from "summary" (periochae) to the selection of abstracts (epitome), and pas...