Gellius, Aulus

Japanese: ゲリウス（英語表記）Gellius， Aulus

[Birth] Around 130
Died around 165. An ancient Roman writer. After studying literature in Rome, he went to Athens to study philosophy, where he became friends with Herodes Atticus, a patron of the arts and sciences. After returning to Japan, he was appointed a civil court judge, and continued to study and write while practicing law. While in Athens, he began collecting materials and writing a collection of essays for children, which he called Noctes Atticae. Based on reading and hearsay, this collection discusses a variety of issues, including law, language, grammar, history, biography, and textual criticism, and has been used as a source by many writers since ancient times, especially as a treasure trove of quotations from Greek and Roman original texts that have been lost. All but volume 8 of the 20 volumes remain.

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Japanese:

[生]130頃
[没]165頃
古代ローマの著述家。ローマで文学を学んでからアテネに留学して哲学を聴講し，学問芸術の保護者ヘロデス・アッチクスと親交を結んだ。帰国後は民事訴訟の判事に任じられ，以後法律を業とするかたわら勉学と執筆を続行。すでにアテネ滞在中に，子供たちのために随筆集の資料収集と執筆を始め，これを『アッチカ夜話』 Noctes Atticaeと呼んだ。これは読書と伝聞に基づいて，法律，言語，文法，歴史，伝記，文献批判などさまざまな問題を論じたもので，特に散逸したギリシア・ローマの原典からの引用の宝庫として，古来多くの作家によって典拠とされている。全 20巻中第8巻を除いて現存。

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