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Dionysius of Halicarnasssus

Dionysius of Halicarnasssus

Dionysius of Halicarnasssus

The Three Literary Letters
W. Rhys Roberts
February 2011
Paperback
9780521720137
£32.00
GBP
Paperback

    In this volume, the eminent classicist William Rhys Roberts (1858–1929) presents the Three Literary Letters of Dionysus of Halicarassus. Well established in the classical canon, the works of Dionysus are regarded particularly for their value as histories and as works of rhetoric. First published in 1901, this is an edition that encourages speakers of modern English to see Greek sources through the eyes of contemporary Greek critics. The original Greek text is printed with a facing-page English translations, and accompanied by notes, a glossary of rhetorical and grammatical terms, a bibliography, and an introductory essay on Dionysus as a literary critic. It remains an important early edition and translation of Dionysus that will be of interest to classicists and amateur readers of Greek.

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    February 2011
    Paperback
    9780521720137
    252 pages
    216 × 140 × 15 mm
    0.33kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Introductory Essay on Dionysus as a Literary Critic:
    • 1. Life
    • 2. Antiquitates Romanae
    • 3. Scripta rhetorica. Probable order in which they were written. Lost writings
    • 4. Separate works of literary criticism
    • 5. Relation of Dionysus as a literary critic to the Romans and to the Greeks
    • 6. General estimate of Dionysus as a literary critic. His aims and achievments
    • Note on MSS. of the Three Literary Letters
    • Part II:
    • 1. Ep. ad Ammaeum I. text and translation
    • 2. Ep. ad Pompeium. text and translation
    • 3. Ep ad Ammaeum II. text and translation
    • Notes
    • Glossary
    • Bibliography
    • Indices.
      Editor and translator
    • W. Rhys Roberts