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On the Archaisms Noted by Servius in the Commentary to Vergil Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 30
ISBN: 9781607246039
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Steele lists and discusses archaisms in Vergil's Aeneid that were used to reinforce the historical flavor of the epic.
On the Judaeo-German Spoken by the Russian Jews Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 55
ISBN: 9781607245940
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Leo Wiener presents an overview of the history, culture, and language of the Jews who emigrated from Germany to Slavic countries and continued to speak a dialect of German.
On the Old Armenian Version of Plato's Apology Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 26
ISBN: 9781607246008
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Frederick Coneybeare analyzes old Armenian codices of Plato's Apology in order to demonstrate the weakness of the chief codex used to support the Greek text.
On the Western Text of the Acts as Evidenced by Chrysostom Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 37
ISBN: 9781607246084
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Frederick Coneybeare uses Armenian and Greek texts of Chrysostom's sermons on Acts to question and correct the core text in use by the Western church.
Semasiological Possibilities Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 37
ISBN: 9781607246152
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Francis Wood, a linguist known for his work on Latin and Greek etymology, here presents the thesis “Difference in meaning is of itself no bar to connecting words.”
Servius and the Scholia of Daniel Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 47
ISBN: 9781607246169
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Steele suggests a division in the longer edition of Servius' commentary on Vergil between Servius and the work of later commentators.
Shakespeare, Burlesqued by Two Fellow-Dramatists Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 27
ISBN: 9781607246053
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Henry Wood discusses contemporary parodies and commentaries upon the works of Shakespeare in other dramatic productions.
The Aryan Future Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 50
ISBN: 9781607245872
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Edward Hopkins, a famous scholar of comparative linguistics, compares the features of the future tense in languages of Aryan (Indo-European) origin.
The Aryan God of Lightning Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 29
ISBN: 9781607246091
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Edwin Fay proposes that the Vedic god Agni has his origins in an Aryan lightening god.
The Dramatic Satura and the Old Comedy at Rome Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 30
ISBN: 9781607245988
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Hendrickson suggests that Roman drama was a cross-pollination of Greek comedy with Roman satire.
The Imperfect and the Aorist in Greek Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 47
ISBN: 9781607246022
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Miller provides an in-depth examination of the use and meaning of the Aorist and Imperfect tenses in Ancient Greek.
The Latin Prohibitive Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 51
ISBN: 9781607245964
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Elmer re-evaluates common misconceptions surrounding the use and meaning of the Latin prohibitive subjunctive.
The Limitation of the Imperative in the Attic Orators Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 38
ISBN: 9781607245889
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Miller provides a systematic analysis of the ways in which Attic orators used the ancient Greek imperative.
The Origin of Latin Haud and Greek ou; And the Extensions of the Originally Unextended Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 27
ISBN: 9781607246114
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Horton-Smith offers an explanation for the negatives haud and ou in Latin and Greek respectively, suggesting a root word meaning "to fail."
The Saturnian Metre Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 62
ISBN: 9781607245919
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Wallace Martin Lindsay addresses the still unresolved problem of Saturnian meter in early Latin poetry, presenting the case for the accent-based meter over the quantitative.
The Subjunctive in Independent Sentences in Plautus Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 81
ISBN: 9781607246121
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
A survey of the independent subjunctive in Plautus, resulting in an alternative set of rules for its use and application.