A history of ancient Greek literature
by Gilbert Murray
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Excerpt from A History of Ancient Greek Literature What has come, 0 King, to trouble thee P asks the first chorus. I Is it a foreign foe 7 s ita band of robbers P Surely Athens has strength to crush them, whatever they be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the show more work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. show lessTags
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Edition: // Descr: xvii, 420 p. 20 cm. // Series: Short Histories of the Literature of the World Call No. { 848.90 M87 } Contains Chronological Table and Index. // //
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- Original title
- A History of Ancient Greek Literature
- Original publication date
- 1897
- People/Characters
- Aeschylus; Aristophanes; Aristotle, 384-322; Euripides; Herodotus of Halicarnassus; Isocrates (show all 14); Pindar; Plato; Homer; Hesiod; Socrates; Sophocles; Thucydides; Xenophon
- First words
- Preface -- To read and re-read the scanty remains now left to us of the Literature of Ancient Greece, is a pleasant and not a laborious task; nor is that task greatly increased by the inclusion of the 'Scolia' or ancient comm... (show all)entaries.
The
LITERATURE OF ANCIENT GREECE
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HOMER
INTRODUCTORY
In attempting to understand the scope and development of Greek literature, our greatest difficulty comes from the fragmentary and one-sided nature of our tr... (show all)adition.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, History
- DDC/MDS
- 880.9001 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek literature and literatures of related Hellenic languages History and criticism of Greek literature
- LCC
- PA3054 .M8 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Literary history
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