Interpreting a classic : Demosthenes and his ancient commentators /
Gibson tells the story of how one group of ancient scholars helped their readers understand Demosthenes writings. This book translates and offers explanatory notes on all the fragments of ancient philological & historical commentaries on Demosthenes.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©2002.
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| Series: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppz34 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. The Ancient Commentaries on Demosthenes. 1. Form and Transmission. 2. Sources, Agenda, and Readership. 3. Didymus
- pt. 2. 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. 5008). 5. Commentary on Dem. 22 (P. Stras.inv. 84). 6. Lexicon to Dem. 21 (P. Rain.inv. 7)
- App. Rhetorical Prologue and Commentary on Dem. 21 (P. Rain.inv. 7).