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Adversaria

Adversaria

Adversaria

Volume 1:
Peter Paul Dobree
James Scholefield
July 2010
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9781108015844
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    One of the most talented disciples of the illustrious comparative philologist Richard Porson, Peter Paul Dobree (1782–1825) is commemorated in this two-volume edition of Adversaria, consisting of his prolific notes on Greek and Latin literature, history, and philology. Dobree left an enduring impression upon English classical scholarship, despite his premature death shortly after accepting the Regius professorship of Greek at Cambridge. Edited by his successor at Cambridge, James Scholefield, the Adversaria attest to Dobree's scholarly probity and precision, offering insights into a mind whose major achievements undoubtedly still lay ahead. Volume 1 (1831) includes Dobree's praelection on a Pseudo-Lysian funeral oration, which gained him the Regius chair, as well as his notes on Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, the rhetoricians, and numerous other subjects. Dobree was honoured among 'the first rank of English textual scholars' for his accuracy, rigour, and literary sensitivity - qualities demonstrated in these volumes.

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    July 2010
    Paperback
    9781108015844
    660 pages
    216 × 140 × 37 mm
    0.83kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Praefatio
    • 1. Praelectio in Pseudo-Lysiae Orationem funebrem
    • 2. Historica: Notae in Herodotum
    • In Thucydidem
    • In Xenophontem
    • In Diodorum Siculum
    • On Bishop Marsh's Horae Pelasgicae
    • On Mitford's History of Greece
    • 3. Philosophica: Notae in Platonem
    • In Aristotelem
    • In Theophrastum
    • In Plutarchum
    • 4. Rhetorica: Notae in Antiphontem
    • In Andocidem
    • In Lysiam
    • In Isocratem
    • In Isaeum
    • In Dinarchum
    • In Lycurgum
    • In Aeschinem
    • In Demosthenem
    • In Sophistas
    • 5. Miscellanea: Notae in Fabulas Aesopicas
    • In Phalaridis Epistolas
    • In Dionysium Halicarnassensem
    • In Pausaniam
    • In Lucianum
    • In Longinum
    • In Achillem Tatium
    • In Aristidem
    • In Themistium
    • In Novum Testamentum
    • 6. Philologica: De Lexicis Graecis
    • Notae in Julium Pollucem
    • In Moerin
    • In Hesychitum
    • In Timaeum
    • In Harpocrationem
    • In Photium
    • In Suidam
    • In Scapulum
    • In Bekkeri Anecdota Graeca
    • On Matthiae's Greek Grammar
    • Indices.
      Author
    • Peter Paul Dobree
    • Editor
    • James Scholefield