The Classical Commentary

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

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.

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

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

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

A Student Commentary on Pausanias Book 1

A Student Commentary on Pausanias Book 1
Author: Patrick Paul Hogan
Publisher: Michigan Classical Commentarie
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780472052103

Patrick Paul Hogan's A Student Commentary on Pausanias, Book 1, introduces the first book of Pausanias' "Description of Greece" to students of Classical Greek. Pausanias' second century CE work is the only surviving ancient description of the monuments and artwork of mainland Greece. Book 1 of the "Description" covers Athens, its demes, and Megara--that is, Attica, the heart of the ancient Greek world. It offers not only a walking description of buildings, statues, and artwork by an ancient traveler but also insight into the mindset of an educated Greek of the Roman imperial age: his reaction to Roman domination and Classical Greek history and culture, his deeply felt religious beliefs, and his ideas regarding Hellenism and Hellenic identity. This textbook, the first on Pausanias aimed at students in almost a century, brings Pausanias back into the classroom for a new generation of readers. It is based on the Greek text edited by Rocha-Pereira and includes philological and historical commentary by Patrick Paul Hogan. A Student Commentary on Pausanias, Book 1aims at elucidating difficult syntax and helping the reader with the immense number of names and places Pausanias mentions. This volume is suitable for students of Classical Greek at the graduate and undergraduate levels, whether Classical philologists or Classical archaeologists and art historians. Professors of archaeology will find this textbook an excellent starting point for any course on Pausanias and easily supplemented by their own knowledge of material remains and modern finds.

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects

Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects
Author: Daniel K. Gardner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003
Genre: Neo-Confucianism
ISBN: 9780231128643

This text explains the significance of Zhu Xi's interpretation of the Confucian tradition and of the genre of commentary in Eastern philosophy.

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

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.

A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti

A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti
Author: Matthew Robinson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2010-11-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0199589399

The Fasti is one of Ovid's most complex, inventive, and remarkable works. This commentary on Book 2 - the first detailed commentary in English - guides the reader towards a fuller appreciation of the poem, through detailed analysis of its religious, historical, political, and literary background.

A Philosophical Commentary on the Politics of Aristotle

A Philosophical Commentary on the Politics of Aristotle
Author: Peter L. Phillips Simpson
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2000-11-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0807864501

The Politics, Aristotle's classic work on the nature of political community, has been a touchstone of Western debates about society and government. In this volume, Peter Simpson presents a complete philosophical commentary on the Politics, an analysis of the logical structure of the entire text and each of its constitutive arguments and conclusions. Unlike other contemporary works on the Politics, Simpson's philosophical commentary is not, save incidentally, a discussion of philological and historical questions, a speculative elaboration of Aristotle's arguments, or a comparison of the philosopher's ideas with those of other ancient and modern theorists. Such treatments, argues Simpson, must be grounded in a thorough understanding of the philosophical content of the work--a point that underscores the need for this thorough and accurate analysis. Keyed to the ancient Greek text as well as to Simpson's own innovative translation of it (UNC Press, 1997), this book will stand as a valuable commentary on the philosophical argument in the Politics and will serve as a sound basis for future study of Aristotle's political thought.

Thucydides Reader

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

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.