Didymos: On Demosthenes
Published on 6. April 2006
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-19-815043-5 (ISBN)
Description
This edition of the papyrus containing Didymos' comments on some of Demosthenes' speeches aims to provide the student with a new reading of the text, a facing translation that is carefully edited for those who cannot use the Greek to show what is extant and what is restored, and a detailed commentary that considers all issues related to the restoration of the text and to its historical content. All Greek is translated into English so that the discussion is fully accessible. In addition, throughout the introduction and commentary an attempt is made to arrive at a balanced appraisal of Didymos' position in the history of scholarship.
Reviews / Votes
...a valuable pieceof scholarship that will be of benefit to those working both on the ancient scholarly tradition on Demonsthenes and on Greek history and historiography. * Craig Cooper, The Classical Review * This [is an] impressive and timely study * Edward Moore, St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology * Phillip Harding has contributed an excellent new volume on Didymus to the Clarendon Ancient History series . . . The author and the Press are to be congratulated for printing a highly useful Greek text opposite the translation . . . Throughout, Harding does an excellent job discussing earlier scholarship on fourth-century history, Didymus and its sources.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Scholars and students of Greek historiography and literary history, of Greek history at the time of Demosthenes and Philip of Macedon, of oratory, of the history of scholarship.
Illustrations
4 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
4 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
561 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-815043-5 (9780198150435)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2006
Oxford University Press
€75.90
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
Phillip Harding is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of British Columbia.
Content
INTRODUCTION ; 1. Didymos ; 2. The papyrus ; 3. The scribe and his work ; 4. Content ; 5. Commentary or monograph ; 6. Sources ; 7. Didymos the scholar ; 8. Didymos and the text of Demosthenes ; 9. Conclusion ; TEXT AND TRANSLATION ; COMMENTARY ; LIST OF REFERENCES