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Catullus: A Textual Reappraisal
J.m. Trappes-Lomax
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Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a radical reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R.A.B. Mynors"; many of these proposals are easily accessible elsewhere, but many are either original or else more or less forgotten. It is suggested here that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. These changes consist in part of around 70 interpolated lines, often designed to explain or paraphrase what Catullus had written, and in part of modernisations ... Read more
The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a radical reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R.A.B. Mynors"; many of these proposals are easily accessible elsewhere, but many are either original or else more or less forgotten. It is suggested here that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. These changes consist in part of around 70 interpolated lines, often designed to explain or paraphrase what Catullus had written, and in part of modernisations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Swansea, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905125159
SKU
V9781905125159
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About J.m. Trappes-Lomax
John Trappes-Lomax, formerly Senior Scholar of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, specialises in the textual criticism and interpretation of Latin poetry. In this field he has published numerous articles in Classical Quarterly, Mnemosyne, Phoenix and Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Association.
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