书目

Scribes and Scholars：A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature

内容简介

OneoftheremarkablefactsaboutthehistoryofWesterncultureisthatwearestillinapositiontoreadlargeamountsoftheliteratureproducedinclassicalGreeceandRomedespitethefactthatforatleastamillenniumandahalfallcopieshadtobeproducedbyhandandweresubjecttothehazardsoffire,flood,andwar.Thisbookexplainshowthetextssurvivedandgivesanaccountofthereasonswhyitwasthoughtworthwhiletospendthenecessaryefforttopreservethemforfuturegenerations.Inthesecondeditionasectionofnoteswasincluded,andanewchapterwasaddedtodealwithsomeaspectsofscholarshipsincetheRenaissance.Inthethirdedition(1991),theauthorsrespondedtotheurgentneedtotakeaccountoftheverylargenumberofdiscoveriesinthisrapidlyadvancingfieldofknowledgebysubstantiallyrevisingorenlargingcertainsections.Thelasttwodecadeshaveseenfurtheradvances,andthisrevisededitionisdesignedtotakeaccountofthem.

作者简介

L.D.Reynolds,FellowandTutor,BrasenoseCollege,Oxford,andN.G.Wilson,EmeritusFellowandTutorinClassics,LincolnCollege,OxfordTheLateL.D.Reynolds(d.1999)wasaFellowandTutoratBrasenoseCollege,Oxford.HehaseditrdTextsandTransmission:ASurveyoftheLatinClassicsandisresponsiblefortheOxfordClassicalTextsofSeneca(LettersandDialogues),Sallust,andCicero(Definibus).N.G.WilsonisEmeritusFellowandTutorofLincolnCollege,Oxford.WithD.A.Russell,heprovidedaneditonofMenanderRhetorwithaccompanyingtranslationandcommentary.HehascontributedtotheOxfordClassicalTextseriesSophocles(incollaborationwithSirHughLloyd-Jones),Aristophanea(2007),andtheforthcomingHerodotus.

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