'Human wisdom is of little or no value', wrote Plato in his Apology. And yet the ancient Greeks, including Plato himself, more than any other people of antiquity were fascinated by the pursuit of the wisdom they called philosophia. That search for knowledge involved an extensive use of maxims and quotations, as we can see from those expressions of Homer prefaced by the phrase 'as people say'. Homer, the Seven Sages and the Pre-Socratic philosophers are still extensively quoted in all the major western languages. Yet for all their popularity, until now there has been no single resource to which interested readers might turn. This unique reference book offers one of the most comprehensive selections of Greek quotations ever committed to print. With its English text matched by the original Greek, the volume collects 7500 entries, ranging from the archaic period to late antiquity, and across philosophy, drama, poetry, history, science and medicine, each indexed with key words to enable fast sourcing. Together, these selections provide an incomparable insight into the glories of Greek civilization.
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A unique & indispensable one-stop reference work to the saws of antiquity,with a foreword by the internationally known and respected Oliver Taplin, FBA
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
Introduction
Quotations
Special Categories
Anonymous
Inscriptions
Enigmata and Riddles
Oracles and Omens
Proverbial
Collections of Proverbs
Paradoxa and Nonsensical
Proverbial Expressions
Seven Sages
Songs
Appendices
1. Quotations on Greece and Greeks
2. Abbreviations
3. List of Translators
4. Useful Websites
5. Copyright Acknowledgements
6. Maps
Index of Names and Places
Keyword Index
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A compendious dictionary with an impressive index for anyone seeking to remember a half-forgotten tag or make their speeches sound more learned. * Times Literary Supplement *A stupendous achievement, which will bring great pleasure and much interest to what one hopes will be its many readers. Further, I.B. Tauris is to be warmly congratulated on its design, accessibility and price. It should be a fixture in every home that values the past. * Classics for All *
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A unique & indispensable one-stop reference work to the saws of antiquity, with a foreword by the internationally known and respected Oliver Taplin, FBA
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781784534929
Publisert
2018-02-14
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I.B. Tauris
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1580 gr
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246 mm
Bredde
171 mm
Dybde
25 mm
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05, UP
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Engelsk
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920
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