Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators

Gibson, Craig A.

ISBN 10: 0520229568 / ISBN 13: 9780520229563

Editore: University of California Press, 2002

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2002. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. Codice articolo SON000017394

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Titolo: Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and His ...

Casa editrice: University of California Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2002

Legatura: Rilegato

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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.