Adversaria, Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) - Softcover

Dobree, Peter Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108015840 ISBN 13: 9781108015844

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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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Book Description

The notes of English classical scholar Peter Paul Dobree (1782–1825) are collected in this two-volume edition of Adversaria. Volume 1 (1831) includes the praelection which gained Dobree the Regius chair of Greek at Cambridge, as well as his notes on Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, and numerous other subjects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 1108015840
• ISBN 13: 9781108015844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 660
• Editor: Scholefield James