Although it is often thought that Herodotus is a simple author, and that his Histories do not contain many passages requiring textual criticism, closer investigation reveals this view to be inaccurate. Written to accompany and augment the new Oxford Classical Texts edition of the Histories - which has been substantially revised by Nigel Wilson from the original edition by Danish scholar C. Hude in 1906 - this volume attempts to take account of discussion of numerous passages where there is reason to question whether the text as transmitted in ancient or medieval manuscripts is exactly what the author intended. A wide range of conjectures is represented, and work by scholars whose contributions have been neglected or insufficiently appreciated, in particular J. V. Pingel, H. Richards, and J. E. Powell, is taken into account.
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Written to accompany the new Oxford Classical Texts edition of the Histories, this volume takes account of discussion of numerous passages where there is reason to question whether the text as transmitted in ancient or medieval manuscripts is exactly what the author intended.
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Preface ; Abbreviations ; Book I ; Book II ; Book III ; Book IV ; Book V ; Book VI ; Book VII ; Book VIII ; Book IX ; Appendices ; Index
this is undoubtedly the most sensible, and reliable, text of Herodotus now available ... [The editor has] incorporated valuable, and hitherto inaccessible, wisdom from the unpublished annotations of earlier scholars
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Provides accompanying commentary for new Oxford Classical Text edition of Herodotus' Histories Features in-depth introduction which investigates the transmission of the Histories Discusses a great number of individual passages in order to throw light on historical, linguistic, and literary puzzles of the text
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N. G. Wilson is an Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Lincoln College, University of Oxford.
Provides accompanying commentary for new Oxford Classical Text edition of Herodotus' Histories Features in-depth introduction which investigates the transmission of the Histories Discusses a great number of individual passages in order to throw light on historical, linguistic, and literary puzzles of the text
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ISBN
9780199672868
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
398 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
230

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Biographical note

N. G. Wilson is an Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Lincoln College, University of Oxford.