Adversaria

Peter Paul Dobree author James Scholefield editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:8th Jul '10

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Adversaria cover

Volume 1 of the collected notes of Peter Paul Dobree, one of the most influential and talented English classical scholars.

The notes of English classical scholar Peter Paul Dobree (1782–1825) are collected in this two-volume edition of Adversaria. Volume 1 (1831) includes the praelection which gained Dobree the Regius chair of Greek at Cambridge, as well as his notes on Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, and numerous other subjects.One of the most talented disciples of the illustrious comparative philologist Richard Porson, Peter Paul Dobree (1782–1825) is commemorated in this two-volume edition of Adversaria, consisting of his prolific notes on Greek and Latin literature, history, and philology. Dobree left an enduring impression upon English classical scholarship, despite his premature death shortly after accepting the Regius professorship of Greek at Cambridge. Edited by his successor at Cambridge, James Scholefield, the Adversaria attest to Dobree's scholarly probity and precision, offering insights into a mind whose major achievements undoubtedly still lay ahead. Volume 1 (1831) includes Dobree's praelection on a Pseudo-Lysian funeral oration, which gained him the Regius chair, as well as his notes on Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, the rhetoricians, and numerous other subjects. Dobree was honoured among 'the first rank of English textual scholars' for his accuracy, rigour, and literary sensitivity - qualities demonstrated in these volumes.

ISBN: 9781108015844

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 37mm

Weight: 830g

660 pages