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Aristotle Poetics: Editio Maior of the Greek Text with Historical Introductions and Philological Commentaries

By Dimitri Gutas , Leonardo Taran

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2012
ISBN
9004217401, 9789004217409
ISSN
0169-8958
Google Books ID
tw1u4A6-XqcC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3286327 bytes)
Series
Mnemosyne Supplements 338
Pages
XIV+538\553
Topic
Literature
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-03-23 19:34:06

Description

This important new editio maior of Aristotle's Poetics, based on all the primary sources, is a major contribution to scholarship. The introductory chapters provide important new insights about the transmission of the text to the present day and especially the significance of the Syro-Arabic tradition. The Greek text is accompanied by a detailed critical apparatus as well as Notes to the Text; in addition there is a Graeco-Arabic critical apparatus and commentary. An Index of Greek Words, Indices, and a Bibliography complement the work. This publication will be an indispensable tool for all Aristotelian, scholars historians of Greek literature and criticism, and specialists of the transmission and reception of classical works.

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