Word: scholia
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...anyone connected with English, but the classical world is almost totally barren of such discussion. It is, in fact, the last field for which the New Criticism is still new. Commager's technique, however, is not that of a neophyte, for he moves with ease from the world of scholia and emendations to that of tone and imagery. At one point he combines the two methods quite neatly, when he uses Horace's consistent seasonal metaphor as evidence to correct a reading suggested by the magisterial Bentley...
Greene, who has taught here since 1914, except for three years, is best known as a student of Plato in the humane tradition, providing a liberal interpretation of the Greek's beliefs. He has edited Plato's "Dialogues" and the "Platonia Scholia...
...century, containing 172 leaves, which measure 11 1-4 by 8 1-2 inches. It contains only seven plays (Plutus, Clouds, Frogs, Knights, Birtis, Peace, and Wasps), but is held to be superior to the "Ravennas" manuscript in the character of its text and in the importance of the scholia which fill the margins of its pages. These scholia have not been readily accessible to scholars hitherto, and the publication of this facsimile will meet a long felt need. It is proposed to issue two hundred copies of the facsimile, which will probably be ready in the autumn...
Professor J. W. White, who is president of the Archaeological Institute will read a paper before the meeting on the Tzetztian Scholia, on the Aves of Aristophanes in Cod. Vat. Urb." Dr. Charles Peabody '90, of Cambridge will read a paper on "Some Prehistoric Stone Ornaments of America," Dr. G. H. Chase '96, of Southborough, will read a paper on "Shield Devices Among the Greeks" and Mr. Edward Robinson '79, of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts will read a paper entitled "The Magical Papyri as a Source of our Knowledge of Greek Life...
...most important work is on Greek verification in inscriptions. A little work of his entitled "Remnants of Early Latin" is also a valuable contribution to science. He also entirely rewrote Hadley's Greek Grammar. At the time of his death he had on hand an extensive work on the Scholia of Plato; but he needed another year abroad for its completion. He was also engaged in the study of Greek and Italic religions, for which work he had a peculiar fitness; and, had he lived, he would have soon made contributions to the History of Religions generally which would have...