Didymos: On Demosthenes - On Demosthenes

Zusatztext Phillip Harding has contributed an excellent new volume on Didymus to the Clarendon Ancient History series . . . The author and the Press are to be congratulated for printing a highly useful Greek text opposite the translation . . . Throughout, Harding does an excellent job discussing earlier scholarship on fourth-century history, Didymus and its sources. Informationen zum Autor Phillip Harding is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of British Columbia. This edition of the papyrus containing Didymos' comments on some of Demosthenes' speeches aims to provide the student with a new reading of the text, a facing translation that is carefully edited for those who cannot use the Greek to show what is extant and what is restored, and a detailed commentary that considers all issues related to the restoration of the text and to its historical content. All Greek is translated into English so that the discussion is fully accessible. In addition, throughout the introduction and commentary an attempt is made to arrive at a balanced appraisal of Didymos' position in the history of scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Didymos 2: The papyrus 3: The scribe and his work 4: Content 5: Commentary or monograph 6: Sources 7: Didymos the scholar 8: Didymos and the text of Demosthenes 9: Conclusion Text and Translation Commentary List of References

Product details

• Authors: Phillip Harding, Harding Phillip
• Assisted by: Phillip Harding (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780199283590
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928359-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Clarendon Ancient History; Clarendon Ancient History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval