Saturnalia (Macrobius)

Saturnalia (Latin: Saturnaliorum Libri Septem, "Seven Books of the Saturnalia") is a work written after c. 431 CE by the Roman provincial Macrobius Theodosius (b. c. 390 CE - d. ?).^[1] The Saturnalia consists of an account of the discussions held at the house of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus during the holiday of the Saturnalia. It contains a great variety of curious historical, mythological, critical, antiquarian and grammatical discussions. "The work takes the form of a series of dialogues among learned men at a fictional banquet."^[2] There is little attempt to give any dramatic character to the dialogue; in each book someone of the personages takes the leading part, and the remarks of the others serve only as occasions for calling forth fresh displays of erudition.^[3]

^ Flamant, Jaques; Tinnefeld, Franz (2006). "Macrobius". In Cancik, Hubert; Schneider, Helmuth; Salazar, Christine F.; Landfester, Manfred; Gentry, Francis G. (eds.). Brill's New Pauly. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. ISBN 9789004122598.
^ "Seven Books of the Saturnalia". World Digital Library. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
^ Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[macrobius_new-1] Flamant, Jaques; Tinnefeld, Franz (2006). "Macrobius". In Cancik, Hubert; Schneider, Helmuth; Salazar, Christine F.; Landfester, Manfred; Gentry, Francis G. (eds.). Brill's New Pauly. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. ISBN 9789004122598.

[2] "Seven Books of the Saturnalia". World Digital Library. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-28.

[EB1911-3] Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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