Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators

Craig A. Gibson

Published by University of California Press 2003

Interpreting a Classic

Demosthenes and His Ancient Commentators

Craig A. Gibson

In the series Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520927308

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Demosthenes (384-322 b.c.) was an Athenian statesman and a widely read author whose life, times, and rhetorical abilities captivated the minds of generations. Sifting through the rubble of a mostly lost tradition of ancient scholarship, Craig A. Gibson tells the story of how one group of ancient scholars helped their readers understand this man's writings. This book collects for the first time, translates, and offers explanatory notes on all the substantial fragments of ancient philological and historical commentaries on Demosthenes. Using these texts to illuminate an important aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity that has hitherto been difficult to glimpse, Gibson gives a detailed portrait of a scholarly industry that touched generations of ancient readers from the first century b.c. to the fifth century and beyond.

In this lucidly organized work, Gibson surveys the physical form of the commentaries, traces the history of how they were passed down, and explains their sources, interests, and readership. He also includes a complete collection of Greek texts, English translations, and detailed notes on the commentaries.

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Gibson Craig A. :

Craig A. Gibson is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One . The Ancient Commentaries On Demosthenes
1. Form And Transmission Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Sources, Agenda, And Readership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. Didymus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Part Two . Texts, Translations, And Notes
Introduction Part Two Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
1. Commentary On Dem. 9–11 And 13 (P.Berol.Inv. 9780) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
2. Didymus Fragments In Harpocration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
3. Lexicon To Dem. 23 (P.Berol.Inv. 5008) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
4. Commentary On Dem. 5 (P.Berol.Inv. 21188) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
5. Commentary On Dem. 22 (P.Stras.Inv. 84) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
6. Lexicon To Dem. 21 (P.Rain.Inv. 7) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Appendix: Rhetorical Prologue And Commentary On Dem. 21 (P.Lond.Lit. 179) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Concordance To The Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Index Verborum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 273

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Published: August 12, 2002
ISBN: 9780520927308