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Peregrinationes inutilis

Author(s) / Contributor(s)
  • Theodor Zwinger (author)
Language Latin
Year 1565
Text Type EncyclEntry
Available Online None
Web Link(s)
  • Digital copy from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Prose / Verse prose
Themes
  • Antiquarian or historical interests
  • Criticism of Travel
  • MoralConsid
Authorship Notes This short chapter of 'Theatrum vitae humanae' (1565) uses Telemachus, the son of Odysseus who journeyed with his companions vainly seeking news of his father, as a classical example of a useless and unfruitful journey.
Edition(s)
Edition Theatrum vitae humanae, omnium fere eorum, quae in hominem cadere possunt, bonorum atque malorum exempla historica, ethicae philosophiae praeceptis accommodata, & in XIX libros digesta, comprehendens: ut non immerito historiae promptuarium, vitaeque humanae speculum nuncupari poßit. A Conrado Lycosthene iampridem inchoatum. Nunc vero Theodori Zvinggeri studio & labore, eo usque deductum, ut omnium ordinum hominibus ad vitam praeclare instituendam, maiorem in modum utile & iucundum sit futurum
Year 1565
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