A Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X: Volume III: Book IX - Rilegato

Oakley, S. P.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0199271437 ISBN 13: 9780199271436

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2005

Riassunto

Livy's ninth book, one of his finest and most interesting, begins with his celebrated account of the Roman disaster in the Caudine Forks and its aftermath and contains also the famous digression on Alexander and our longest account of the censorship of Appius Claudius Caecus. This new commentary, which is a sequel to those on Books VI-VIII published in 1997 and 1998, deals comprehensively with all aspects of Livy's work, including the literary structure of his narrative, the purpose of the digression on Alexander, the historical and topographical problems of the Samnite Wars, Roman politics in the age of Appius Claudius Caecus, the poetical and archaic language sometimes affected by Livy, and the numerous textual problems posed by the extant manuscripts.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

...what a monument! This is an extraordinary achievement, for which the new century's Livy scholars will be enormosly grateful. (Mary Jaeger, Classical World)

the most extensive commentary on a classical historian, for it addresses in full and at length historical, archaeological, topographical, literary, linguistic and textual matters. (The Classical Review)

Any student of Livy's writing or of later fourth century Rome and far beyond will need this book to hand. (Greece and Rome)

...it may be the most impressive accomplishment by an individual Classicist in half a century. (Andrew Feldherr, Times Literary Supplement)

L'autore:

S. P. Oakley is Professor of Latin, University of Reading

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0199271437
• ISBN 13: 9780199271436
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 774