Dio Chrysostom Orations: 7, 12 and 36 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics - Imperial Library) (No. VII, XII & XXXVI) (Greek Edition) [Paperback]

Dio Chrysostom (Author), D. A. Russell (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521376963 | ISBN-13: 978-0521376969 | Publication Date: October 30, 1992

This is an edition of the Greek text with commentary of three speeches by Dio of Prusa (Dio Chrysostom) which are particulary important for the intellectual history of the Greco-Roman world. They are full of colorful narrative, myth and satire. While "Euboicus" (VII) is well known for its pastoral episodes of Dio's visit to the isolated community of hunters, "Olympicus" (XII) is an important document in the history of aesthetics, and "Borystheniticus" (XXXVI) gives a glimpse of a remote city in Southern Russia. These speeches have never been the subject of a commentary in English.

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"This richly, helpfully annotated text will introduce anyone with a year or two of Greek to philosophical theology from a formative period of Western thought!" A. T. Kraabel, Religious Studies Review

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Text: Greek, English --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 30, 1992)
• Language: Greek
• ISBN-10: 0521376963
• ISBN-13: 978-0521376969
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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