Histories: Volume 1 (Books I-Ii)

Zusatztext 'his book does give us the first complete translation of the fragments of Books 1-2 into any modern language! accompanied by a commentary on a quite ample scale ... M. has thus done a great service! both to advanced scholars! for whom the commentary contains much valuable information on the intricate problems of the fragments! and to students with little or no Latin! to whom M.'s work will make the complete fragments accessible for the first time.'J.W. Rich! University of Nottingham! The Clasical Review! Vol. XLIII! No. 2! 1993 Klappentext The aim of the Clarendon Ancient History series is to provide authoritative translations, introductions, and commentaries to a wide range of Greek and Latin texts studied by ancient historians.The book will be of interest to scholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates. Zusammenfassung A commentary and translation of Sallust's "Histories". One of his major works, it covers the years 78-67 BC, one of the least well documented periods of the era. This edition reflects recent research on the period and fragments of the text discovered since the edition of Maurenbrecher (1891).

Product details

• Authors: Sallust
• Assisted by: Patrick McGushin (Editor), Patrick McGushin (Translation), McGushin Patrick (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.1992
• EAN: 9780198721406
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872140-6
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Clarendon Ancient History Series; Histories; The Histories; Clarendon Ancient History Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Essays, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Literary essays, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval