A Companion to Classical Texts - Softcover

Hall, Frederick William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0217429459 ISBN 13: 9780217429450

Publisher: General Books LLC, 2012

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII MS. AUTHORITIES FOR THE TEXT OF THE CHIEF CLASSICAL WRITERS AESCHINES (389-314 B.c). Speeches: (1) KaTa Ttfiapxov. (2) Yltpi Trji TlapaTrptcrfitlw;. (3) KaTa K.TrjwvTo<;. (4) Nine letters. MSS. numerous and late. The text is corrupt but the corruptions are earlier than the Byzantine age, since many occur in early Egyptian fragments, e.g. Or. 3. § 181 'a/motosi/s S' 6 StK6poi (458), TlpofjLrjOtvs (before 466), EiyitwSts (458), 'Eirra hi &rj/3as (467), 'wtists (after 461). The chief authority is M=Mediceus siue Laurentianus 32. 9, 11th cent. (=L in Sophocles), facsimile by E. Rostagno 1896. It has three lacunae, viz. in Agam. 311-1066, 1160-1673 (where the loss is supplied by later MSS. especially Fl. = Florentinus 31. 8 a paper MS. of 14th cent.), and in the prologue to Choeph., where the loss cannot be repaired since the only other MS. (viz. the Guelferbytanus) which contains the play is a copy of M, made in the 15th cent. It has been held that all later MSS. are descended from M but (1) Septem 195 is found in the late MSS. and is absent in M, and (2) the late MSS. preserve many good readings which are corrupted in M. It is a question, however, whe...

About this edition

• Publisher: General Books LLC
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0217429459
• ISBN 13: 9780217429450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130