The Unpublished Lectures of Gilbert HighetGilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of Latin at Columbia University, was one of the twentieth century's most erudite and distinguished classicists. This book contains virtually all Professor Highet's unpublished classical lectures, which have been arranged in three groups - Greek Literature, Latin Literature, and the Classical Tradition. One finds in these lectures a celebration of classical literature, conveyed through a humane form of scholarship, with emphasis on those aspects of great writing that make the classical authors worth reading - all of which earned for Gilbert Highet an enduring place in the history of his profession. |
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Page 138
... human tastes as well as his intelligence . After every big din- ner party , while the servants were relaxing , Lucius used to eat up most of the leftovers - a little leg of chicken here , some cheese straws there , a touch of marzipan ...
... human tastes as well as his intelligence . After every big din- ner party , while the servants were relaxing , Lucius used to eat up most of the leftovers - a little leg of chicken here , some cheese straws there , a touch of marzipan ...
Page 257
... human anatomy had two remarkable periods of progress in the Western world : in the fifth and fourth centuries before ... human body and learning more and more about it . Concurrently artists were investigating the external appearance of ...
... human anatomy had two remarkable periods of progress in the Western world : in the fifth and fourth centuries before ... human body and learning more and more about it . Concurrently artists were investigating the external appearance of ...
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... human redeemer can truly suffer . But perhaps it may not be necessary for a human being to suffer passively , even if he opposes a transcendent God and asserts hu- manity ? This clearly is the message of the modern Odyssey by Nikos ...
... human redeemer can truly suffer . But perhaps it may not be necessary for a human being to suffer passively , even if he opposes a transcendent God and asserts hu- manity ? This clearly is the message of the modern Odyssey by Nikos ...
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Aristophanes | 9 |
Aristophanes Frogs | 24 |
Platos Phaedrus | 30 |
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