Word: boethius
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...Smyth '78, Edward K. Rand '94, and George H. Chase '96. The new courses in this department are: Greek 9, Introduction to the Study of the New Testament; Greek 16, the Homeric Poems, with studies of their influence to the time of the Renaissance; Classical Philology 57, Boethius; Classical Philology 65, Isaeus and the Greek Laws of Inheritance; Classical Philology 61, The Plays of Euripides; Classical Philology 47, The Comedies of Terence...
There are five books of which King Alfred is certainly the author: "Pastoral Care," and "Dialogues," translated from Gregory's Latin, the "History of the World" and the "Consolation of Philosophy," adopted from Boethius, and the "History of the Church of England," translated from Baeda. It is the translations form Boethius which show best the literary genius of the King. Many parts depend in no way upon the original text, but are Alfred's own work. Comparing this translation of Boethius with that of Chaucer, some five centuries later, and of Queen Elizabeth, we find it far excels them both...