Herodotus, [In his preface, the author, Fellow of St John's College and Public Orator in the University of Cambridge, writes on how lecturing and writing are different operations, and that the endeavour to combine them helps a man to understand in a new way the art of Herodotus who triumphed over this difficulty. That the Sather Classical Lectures shall be a book is one of the laws laid down for them. Adding that: Herodotus makes better reading than any of us who have written upon him.],

Bookseller

Crouch Rare Books (GB)

Bookseller's Inventory #

94793

Title

Herodotus, [In his preface, the author, Fellow of St John's College and Public Orator in the University of Cambridge, writes on how lecturing and writing are different operations, and that the endeavour to combine them helps a man to understand in a new way the art of Herodotus who triumphed over this difficulty. That the Sather Classical Lectures shall be a book is one of the laws laid down for them. Adding that: Herodotus makes better reading than any of us who have written upon him.],

Author

Glover, T. R.,

Format/Binding

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Book Condition

Used

Publisher

published in Great Britain for the University of California Press by the Cambridge University Press, 1924,

Keywords

Classical Greek and Roman Literature and Civilisation

Bookseller catalogs

Classical Greek and Roman Literature, Classical Civilisation, Latin;

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