
Cambridge Compositions
Greek and Latin
Cambridge University Press
Published on 20. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
516 pages
978-1-108-00255-4 (ISBN)
Description
Original composition in classical languages was an important and much admired skill in the Victorian education system. In public schools and university Classics courses it was a key part of the curriculum, not only teaching the structure of the ancient languages themselves but also honing rhetorical skills. This 1899 anthology of selections from English literature translated into Greek and Latin prose and verse, includes contributions from a whole generation of late Victorian classical scholars at Cambridge: Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb and his successor as Regius Professor of Greek, Henry Jackson, James Adam, editor of Plato, Samuel Butcher, founder of the English Classical Association and President of the British Academy in 1909-10, a number of younger scholars and even one female lecturer. This would have been a model volume for Victorian students and remains useful today for those wanting to improve both comprehension and composition in the classical languages.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-00255-4 (9781108002554)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface; Translations into Latin verse; Translations into Latin prose; Translations into Greek verse; Translations into Greek prose; Index.