'Oxford Reds'; classic commentaries on Latin classics: R.G. Austin on Cicero and Virgil, C.J. Fordyce on Catullus, R.G. and R.G.M. Nisbet on Cicero.0715635166 'Oxford Reds'; classic commentaries on Latin Lat·in n. 1. a. The Indo-European language of the ancient Latins and Romans and the most important cultural language of western Europe until the end of the 17th century. b. classics: R.G. Austin Austin. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,907), seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the Hormel meatpacking company, whose Spam Town museum on Cicero Cicero, Roman orator Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (sĭs`ərō) or Tully, 106 B.C.–43 B.C., greatest Roman orator, famous also as a politician and a philosopher. and Virgil Virgil: see Vergil. Virgil or Vergil orig. Publius Vergilius Maro (born Oct. 15, 70, Andes, near Mantua—died Sept. 21, 19 BC, Brundisium) Greatest of Roman poets. , C.J. Fordyce on Catullus, R.G. and R.G.M. Nisbet on Cicero. Henderson, John. Duckworth 2006 183 pages $63.00 Hardcover PA6003 Henderson (classics, U. of Cambridge) reveals the individual and often surprising stories--including the personalities and the negotiations--behind a set of commentaries on Latin texts that were published between 1933 and 1977 and have proved extremely influential textbooks for teaching Sixth-Formers and Undergraduates wherever Classics were taught in English. Excerpts, reproduced letters, and photographs are part of the story. Distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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