C. Iuli Caesaris: Commentariorum Libri III De Bello Civili - Commentary on the Civil War. Oxford Classical Texts

C. Iuli Caesaris - Julius Caesar. Commentary By C. Damon [Cynthis Damon]

ISBN 10: 0199659745 / ISBN 13: 9780199659746

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2015

About this Item

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2015. Stated first edition, first printing, 2015. Oxford Classical Texts. In Latin and English. Deep blue hardcover with dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition with good hinges, tight text block, clean pages, name of Yale Classics scholar Joseph Solodow neatly written at the top of the title page, additional gift notation to Solodow signed Cynthia, presumably the editor and author of the commentary. The mylar protected dustjacket is in fine condition, no chips, tears or fading. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: C. Iuli Caesaris: Commentariorum Libri III De Bello Civili - Commentary on the Civil War. Oxford Classical Texts
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199659745
• ISBN 13: 9780199659746
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education, Schools, Colleges, Text & Lesson-Books
  • World History, World Wars and Militaria

About this title

Synopsis

Oxford Classical Texts, also known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, provide authoritative, clear, and reliable editions of ancient texts, with apparatus criticus on each page. In this revised critical edition of Caesar's account of his civil war against Pompey during 49-48 BC, Damon allows readers to get closer to the renowned author's original writings than ever before. Based on a new collation of the ancient manuscripts and on a stemma that permits the reconstruction of the archetype more frequently than has previously been possible, the text is suitable for classroom use in upper-level Latin classes, as well as for reading and research purposes.

A comprehensive English preface is followed by a conspectus editionum, which lists the 300+ places where modern editions of the text differ from each other, while the Latin text is complemented by an expanded and up-to-date critical apparatus. Also included are an appendix critica which allows readers to gauge the character of the manuscript witnesses to the text, and an appendix orthographica which explains the orthographical principles underlying the printed text. This Oxford Classical Text is also accompanied by a companion volume, Studies on the Text of Caesar's Bellum civile, which presents the detailed philological arguments underpinning this revised edition.

About the Author

Cynthia Damon is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.