This impeccable edition still stands the test of time for students at school and university who wish to approach Cicero's major speeches against Mark Antony after the assassination of Julius Caesar. Denniston's commentary gives assistance with grammatical matters but concentrates on presenting plainly, yet fully, the evidence bearing on problems of the historical background and features of Roman life and institutions to which the text alludes. There is a clear introduction which sets out the speeches' historical context and provides an analysis of their content.
This impeccable edition still stands the test of time for students at school and university who wish to approach Cicero's major speeches agai...
First published in 1952, this study discusses the development of Greek prose during the fifth century and analyzes its use of abstract forms of expression, word-order, sentence structure, use of repetition, asyndeton and assonance.
First published in 1952, this study discusses the development of Greek prose during the fifth century and analyzes its use of abstract forms of exp...
J. D. Denniston K. J. (President, Corpus Christi College, Oxford Univ Dover
This revised edition incorporates additional examples from the original author in conjunction with K.J. Dover's own material. In presenting the first (1934) edition, Denniston set himself to cut down the etymological discussion which characterised his German predecessors in the field. He was concerned to illustrate how particles work and how they nuance Greek language within the corpus of surviving work.
This revised edition incorporates additional examples from the original author in conjunction with K.J. Dover's own material. In presenting the first ...
