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P. Papinius Statius

Thebaid and Achilleid Volume III

By: A. L. Ritchie, Mike J. Edwards

£49.99

Volume III on Statius' Thebaid and Achilleid is divided into two parts. The first discusses the textual transmission, manuscripts, and editions. The second part comprises a secondary apparatus with further evidence and all unrecorded conjectures.

Volume III of the present work on Statius' Thebaid and Achilleid is divided into two parts. The first part offers a sketch of the history…

Volume III of the present work on Statius’ Thebaid and Achilleid is divided into two parts.

The first part offers a sketch of the history of the textual transmission, a complete list of manuscripts, discussion of various previous editions, exposition of the views about the manuscripts which underly the present edition, and an orthographical index.

The second part comprises a secondary apparatus, which tabulates further evidence from the manuscripts and all conjectures not recorded in the primary apparatus.

J. B. Hall is Hildred Carlile Professor of Latin Emeritus of the University of London. He has published extensively on Claudian, Ovid and John of Salisbury.

A. L. Ritchie is MA in Classics, University of London, and a freelance copy-editor of learned journals.

M. J. Edwards is Professor of Classics at Queen Mary, University of London, and Director of the Institute of Classical Studies. He has published widely on the Attic Orators, Plutarch and the Latin philosophical works of Francis Bacon. He is co-author with J. B. Hall of the editio princeps of Pierfrancesco Giustolo’s commentary on Claudian, De raptu Proserpinae.

Hardback

ISBN: 1-84718-490-1
ISBN13: 978-1-84718-490-0
Date of Publication: 2008-02-18

Ebook

ISBN: 1-4438-0809-1
ISBN13: 978-1-4438-0809-5
Date of Publication: 2008-02-18

Categories: Social Sciences, Literature, Literature, Classics

Pages: 780

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BIC: DCF, DSBB
THEMA: DCF, DSBB

Pages: 780

"This is an extremely well produced book, for which the authors must be congratulated. I spotted no errors, and it is clearly laid out and well organised...Volume III in particulat is a treasure trove of fascinating material, and any lover of Statius will find much to enjoy in these volumes. These volumes would also make fantastic material for a graduate class in textual criticism."
- Helen Lovatt University of Nottingham
"It combines a radically new text, which both draws heavily on conjecture and is based on a broad knowledge of the manuscript and printed traditions, with a precise translation, and a huge amount of additional information and observations. Addressing a scholarly readership, it will undoubtedly foster the present-day renewal in the study of Statius' epics and restore to prominence debates concerning textual criticism and the history of transmission....The present translation is very thorough and easy to read, and it succeeds in being an effective aid. .... The text may satisfy the most vigorous advocates of conjectural criticism, while the materials gathered from both the manuscript and printed traditions are bound to delight even the most conservative minds... Another factor that shapes the primary apparatus is a radically new view of the manuscript tradition, which leads to the rejection of any common siglum (...) and to the individual designation of every manuscript. The result is a succinct, remarkably legible apparatus that is thoroughly informative about the text printed and about variants of particular merit. ... Hall's critical choices ...will arouse lively and constructive discussions for many years to come.... The documentary basis is much broader than that of previous editions. ... The edition of Hall, Ritchie and Edwards ranks very high."
- Valery Berlincourt University of Geneva
"The volumes have been in the marketplace for nearly a decade, and they provide readers ample material for studies in text-critical principles and translation theory and in manuscript collation. [...] Cambridge Scholars Publishers (CSP) offer an impeccably edited textbook. Well-polished, critical, Latin texts are editorial creations. [Hall, Ritchie and Edwards] are astute text-critics. The result is not one that has surrendered to accepted wisdom. [...] In appearance, this edition of Statius’ Latin text is pronounced and easy to read. Unlike the miniscule font size one finds in the critical apparatus of an Oxford Classical Text or in a Bibliotheca Teubneriana, CSP’s critical apparatus presents a font equal in size to the printed text. This presentation is ideal. Hopefully editions of the same kind will appear regularly."
- Darrell Sutton Editor, The DS Commentary on Books

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Ovid’s Heroides is a collection of fictional letters from heroines to their absent lovers. This volume presents a radically new text and translation of the collection, separating the original core from later accretions. The translation is designed to aid interpretation.

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Thebaid and Achilleid

By: A. L. Ritchie, J. B. Hall

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This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive commentary for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the Achilleid, which was left unfinished at his death.

P. Papinius Statius Volume I

Thebaid and Achilleid

By: A. L. Ritchie, Mike J. Edwards

£39.99

This three-volume work offers a revised text, prose translation, and extensive secondary apparatus for the two epics of Statius: his magnum opus, the Thebaid, and the unfinished Achilleid.

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