Publisher's Synopsis
It is the goal of the SAPERE series (Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia, Writings in Late Antiquity on Ethical and Religious Issues) to make Greek and Latin texts from late antiquity (1st to 4th century AD) available in an innovative combination of edition, translation and interdisciplinary commentary in an essay form. A careful scholarly examination of the texts which are explained from various angles in the essays is combined with a linguistic presentation which does not lose sight of the relevance of the texts for the history of ideas and at the same time shows the importance of authors of antiquity for discussions on current issues.
