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Caesar: Civil War (C. Iuli Caesaris commentarii de bello civili)
Cynthia Damon
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Description for Caesar: Civil War (C. Iuli Caesaris commentarii de bello civili)
Hardback. A revised critical edition of all three books of Caesar's Bellum civile, an account of his civil war against Pompey during 49-48 BC, based on a new collation of the ancient manuscripts and featuring an expanded and up-to-date critical apparatus. Editor(s): Damon, Cynthia. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 194 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
Oxford Classical Texts, also known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, provide authoritative, clear, and reliable editions of ancient texts, with apparatus criticus on each page. In this revised critical edition of Caesar's account of his civil war against Pompey during 49-48 BC, Damon allows readers to get closer to the renowned author's original writings than ever before. Based on a new collation of the ancient manuscripts and on a stemma that permits the reconstruction of the archetype more frequently than has previously been possible, the text is suitable for classroom use in upper-level Latin classes, as well as for ... Read more
Oxford Classical Texts, also known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, provide authoritative, clear, and reliable editions of ancient texts, with apparatus criticus on each page. In this revised critical edition of Caesar's account of his civil war against Pompey during 49-48 BC, Damon allows readers to get closer to the renowned author's original writings than ever before. Based on a new collation of the ancient manuscripts and on a stemma that permits the reconstruction of the archetype more frequently than has previously been possible, the text is suitable for classroom use in upper-level Latin classes, as well as for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Classical Texts
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199659746
SKU
V9780199659746
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About Cynthia Damon
Cynthia Damon is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Caesar: Civil War (C. Iuli Caesaris commentarii de bello civili)
This excellent edition makes serious contributions to the reconstruction of the text, and its careful and deep reading of the text of BC and the close study of its textural tradition is accompanied by an insightful commentary on troublesome passages that brings to light the enormous complexity of a text that has been transmitted in such a deficient way, offering ... Read more