The Classical Commentary

The Classical Commentary
Author: Gibson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2017-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047400941

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This collection explores the issues raised by the writing and reading of commentaries on classical Greek and Latin texts. Written primarily by practising commentators, the papers examine philosophical, narratological, and historiographical commentaries; ancient, Byzantine, and Renaissance commentary practice and theory, with special emphasis on Galen, Tzetzes, and La Cerda; the relationship between the author of the primary text, the commentary writer, and the reader; special problems posed by fragmentary and spurious texts; the role and scope of citation, selectivity, lemmatization, and revision; the practical future of commentary-writing and publication; and the way computers are changing the shape of the classical commentary. With a genesis in discussion panels mounted in the UK in 1996 and the US in 1997, the volume continues recent international dialogue on the genre and future of commentaries.

Classical Commentaries

Classical Commentaries
Author: Christina Shuttleworth Kraus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 551
Release: 2016
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199688982

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This rich collection of essays by an international group of authors explores a wide range of commentaries on ancient Latin and Greek texts. It pays particular attention to individual commentaries, national traditions of commentary, the part played by commentaries in the reception of classical texts, and the role of printing and publishing.

A Historical Commentary on Diodorus Siculus, Book 15

A Historical Commentary on Diodorus Siculus, Book 15
Author: P. J. Stylianou
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780198152392

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For long stretches of Greek history in the classical period, Diodorus Siculus provides the only surviving continuous narrative of events. This study, the fullest ever undertaken of Diodorus, examines his aims, sources, and methods in detail. The findings of this investigation are then applied in commenting on Book 15, which deals with the crucial years between the King's Peace, concluded in 387/6 BC, and the aftermath of the battle of Mantinea fought in 362 BC.

Thucydides Book 1

Thucydides Book 1
Author: H. Don Cameron
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2003
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780472068470

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Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship

A Commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV

A Commentary on Herodotus Books I-IV
Author: David Asheri
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 795
Release: 2007-08-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198149565

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Herodotus, one of the earliest and greatest of Western prose authors, set out in the late fifth century BC to describe the world as he knew it. This commentary by leading scholars, originally published in Italian, has been fully revised by the original authors and is now presented for English readers.

Classical Commentaries

Classical Commentaries
Author: Kraus & Stray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2015
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 9780191768088

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This rich collection of essays by an international group of authors explores a wide range of commentaries on ancient Latin and Greek texts. It pays particular attention to individual commentaries, national traditions of commentary, the part played by commentaries in the reception of classical texts, and the role of printing and publishing.

Thucydides Reader

Thucydides Reader
Author: Blaise Nagy
Publisher: Focus
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

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An annotated and illustrated Thucydides reader containing passages from books I-VIII of the Histories with introductory material for all eight books of the Histories, commentary and grammatical notes. This book is a standard text for any college course in reading Thucydides in Greek. It is also suitable for post-intermediate, secondary school students who want to tackle the works of a popular but challenging author.

An Ancient Commentary on the Book of Revelation

An Ancient Commentary on the Book of Revelation
Author:
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1167
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1107355214

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This is a new critical edition, with translation and commentary, of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, which were falsely attributed to Origen a century ago. They include extensive sections from Didymus the Blind's lost Commentary on the Apocalypse (fourth century) and therefore counter the current belief that Oecumenius' commentary (sixth century) was the most ancient. Professor Tzamalikos argues that their author was in fact Cassian the Sabaite, an erudite monk and abbot at the monastery of Sabas, the Great Laura, in Palestine. He was different from the alleged Latin author John Cassian, placed a century or so before the real Cassian. The Scholia attest to the tension between the imperial Christian orthodoxy of the sixth century and certain monastic circles, who drew freely on Hellenic ideas and on alleged 'heretics'. They show that, during that period, Hellenism was a vigorous force inspiring not only pagan intellectuals, but also influential Christian quarters.

Greek Commentaries on Revelation

Greek Commentaries on Revelation
Author: Oecumenius,
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-03-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830829083

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In this volume of the Ancient Christian Texts series, William Weinrich renders a particular service to readers interested in ancient commentary on the Apocalypse. He translates in one volume the only two major commentaries on Revelation to come out of the Greek tradition, the early sixth-century commentaries of Oecumenius and Andrew of Caesarea.