The Unpublished Lectures of Gilbert HighetGilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of Latin at Columbia University, was one of the twentieth century's most erudite and distinguished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 This book contains virtually all Professor Highet's unpublished classical lectures, which have been arranged in three groups - Greek Literature, Latin Literature, and the Classical Tradition.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 76
... speak or reason or know any more than the ordinary man . " He does this so often , and it sits so badly with his ... Speaking of Dickens , I cannot resist the temptation to add that there are other passages in which Dio Chrysostom ...
... speak or reason or know any more than the ordinary man . " He does this so often , and it sits so badly with his ... Speaking of Dickens , I cannot resist the temptation to add that there are other passages in which Dio Chrysostom ...
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... speak - except once , when his words are not reported and when Trimalchio cuts him down ( 48.5-6 ) . But Trimalchio ... speaking actors , which Trimalchio explains with ludi- crous inaccuracy ( 59.3-5 ) . Virtually all his display of ...
... speak - except once , when his words are not reported and when Trimalchio cuts him down ( 48.5-6 ) . But Trimalchio ... speaking actors , which Trimalchio explains with ludi- crous inaccuracy ( 59.3-5 ) . Virtually all his display of ...
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... Speak ; Caesar is turned to hear . " This is correct . When Julius was divorcing his wife , he said : “ Caesar's wife must be above suspicion " ( Plutarch , Caesar 10.6 ) . At school Shakespeare had read some of Caesar's report on his ...
... Speak ; Caesar is turned to hear . " This is correct . When Julius was divorcing his wife , he said : “ Caesar's wife must be above suspicion " ( Plutarch , Caesar 10.6 ) . At school Shakespeare had read some of Caesar's report on his ...
Contents
Aristophanes | 9 |
Aristophanes Frogs | 24 |
Platos Phaedrus | 30 |
Copyright | |
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