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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157837003321

Autore

Damon Cynthia <1957->

Titolo

Studies on the text of Caesar's Bellum civile / / Cynthia Damon [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oxford] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-184460-8

0-19-179126-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

937.02

Soggetti

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2015.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prolegomena. Why a new edition? -- Constituting the text -- The witnesses -- The extant manuscripts -- Scopvli! On novel and unusual expressions in Caesar's Bellvm Civile. Chasmata salebraeque -- Nondum confecta -- Inaudita atque insolentia, or nouata atque translata? -- Inaequata -- Notes on the text. Book 1 -- Book 2 -- Book 3.

Sommario/riassunto

'Studies on the Text of Caesar's Bellum Civile' is a companion volume to Damon's revised 'Oxford Classical Texts' edition of Caesar's 'Bellum civile', his account of his civil war with Pompey. Comprising three parts, it investigates the detailed philological arguments that underpin the revised edition of the text.