Gibson, C: Interpreting a Classic - Demosthenes & His Ancien: Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators (The Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature)

Gibson, Craig A.:

ISBN 10: 0520229568 / ISBN 13: 9780520229563

Editore: University of California Press, 2002

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261 Seiten Fresh and clean hardcover copy in good condition with original dustjacket. Frisches und sauberes Hardcover-Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit Original-Schutzumschlag. Contents - Preface - Abbreviations - Introduction - Part One. The Ancient Commentaries on Demosthenes - 1. Form and Transmission - 2. Sources, Agenda, and Readership - 3. Didymus - Part Two. Texts, Translations, and Notes - 1. Commentary on Dem. 9 11 and 13 (P.Berol.inv. 9780) - 2. Didymus Fragments in Harpocration - 3. Lexicon to Dem. 23 (P.Berol.inv. 5008) - 4. Commentary on Dem. 5 (P.Berol.inv. 21188) - 5. Commentary on Dem. 22 (P.Stras.inv. 84) - 6. Lexicon to Dem. 21 (P.Rain.inv. 7) - Appendix: Rhetorical Prologue and Commentary on Dem. 21 (P.Lond.Lit. 179) - Bibliography - General Index - Index Verborum - Index Locorum ISBN 9780520229563 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 540.

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• Titolo: Gibson, C: Interpreting a Classic - Demosthenes & His Ancien: Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators (The Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature)
• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0520229568
• ISBN 13: 9780520229563
• Rilegatura: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Condizione: Sehr gut
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta
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Riassunto

Demosthenes (384-322 b.c.) was an Athenian statesman and a widely read author whose life, times, and rhetorical abilities captivated the minds of generations. Sifting through the rubble of a mostly lost tradition of ancient scholarship, Craig A. Gibson tells the story of how one group of ancient scholars helped their readers understand this man's writings. This book collects for the first time, translates, and offers explanatory notes on all the substantial fragments of ancient philological and historical commentaries on Demosthenes. Using these texts to illuminate an important aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity that has hitherto been difficult to glimpse, Gibson gives a detailed portrait of a scholarly industry that touched generations of ancient readers from the first century b.c. to the fifth century and beyond.

In this lucidly organized work, Gibson surveys the physical form of the commentaries, traces the history of how they were passed down, and explains their sources, interests, and readership. He also includes a complete collection of Greek texts, English translations, and detailed notes on the commentaries.

Informazioni sull?autore

Craig A. Gibson is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa.