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- Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature
summary
Demosthenes (384-322 b.c.) was an Athenian statesman and a widely read author whose life, times, and rhetorical abilities captivated the minds of generations. Sifting through the rubble of a mostly lost tradition of ancient scholarship, Craig A. Gibson tells the story of how one group of ancient scholars helped their readers understand this man's writings. This book collects for the first time, translates, and offers explanatory notes on all the substantial fragments of ancient philological and historical commentaries on Demosthenes. Using these texts to illuminate an important aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity that has hitherto been difficult to glimpse, Gibson gives a detailed portrait of a scholarly industry that touched generations of ancient readers from the first century b.c. to the fifth century and beyond.
In this lucidly organized work, Gibson surveys the physical form of the commentaries, traces the history of how they were passed down, and explains their sources, interests, and readership. He also includes a complete collection of Greek texts, English translations, and detailed notes on the commentaries.
In this lucidly organized work, Gibson surveys the physical form of the commentaries, traces the history of how they were passed down, and explains their sources, interests, and readership. He also includes a complete collection of Greek texts, English translations, and detailed notes on the commentaries.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- PART ONE : The Ancient Commentaries on Demosthenes
- 1. Form and Transmission
- pp. 13-25
- 2. Sources, Agenda, and Readership
- pp. 26-50
- 3. Didymus
- pp. 51-70
- PART TWO: Texts, Translations, and Notes
- 2. Didymus Fragments in Harpocration
- pp. 137-156
- 3. Lexicon to Dem. 23 (P.Berol.inv. 5008)
- pp. 157-171
- 4. Commentary on Dem. 5 (P.Berol.inv. 21188)
- pp. 172-174
- 5. Commentary on Dem. 22 (P.Stras.inv. 84)
- pp. 175-189
- 6. Lexicon to Dem. 21 (P.Rain.inv. 7)
- pp. 190-200
- Bibliography
- pp. 211-224
- Corcordance to the Translations
- pp. 225-230
- General Index
- pp. 231-236
- Index Locorum
- pp. 237-246
- Index Verborum
- pp. 247-259
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520927308
Related ISBN(s)
9780520229563
MARC Record
OCLC
50638364
Pages
273
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No