Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts: The Marriage of Philology and MercuryPart of a detailed compendium of late-Roman learning in each of the seven liberal arts, set within an amusing mythological-allegorical tale of courtship and marriage among the pagan gods. The text provides an understanding of medieval allegory and the components of a medieval education. |
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accusative acute accent Aeneid affirmative Apollo Apuleius Apuleius Metamorphoses Aquila Romanus argument Aristides Quintilianus Aristotle beginning body Boötes called celestial Cicero circle composite conjugation consonant Cyllenian D'Ooge dative declension Dick discussion double earth Euclid Euclid Elements example figure five follows four fourth genitive plural genus gods Greek heaven hundred iamb ibid incomposite instance islands Jove Juno Jupiter kind Latin length letter Macrobius Macrobius Commentary maiden marriage Martianus meaning measure Mercury miles monad moon Muses Nicomachus nominative odd number orbit Ovid Pallas Philology planets pleasure Pliny preceding predicate premise present indicative prime proposition Quintilian ratio reference region Remigius rhetoric rhythm rising River Roman sentence seven short side singular Solinus speech stars substance syllable Take the numbers tetrachord things third tion tone translation trochee Varro Venus verb Vergil Vergil Aeneid Verrem vowel whole zodiac