Lanterna Rally

Author: Pausanias Pausanias

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-27

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781330627945

Excerpt from The Attica of Pausanias The text adopted in this volume is that of the Hitzig-Bluemner edition of Pausanias (Berlin, 1896), with certain changes in typography and punctuation to conform to the style of the series in which it appears. The Hitzig text presents a careful revision of the Schubart text and critical apparatus (which had not been corrected for forty years) in the light of new studies and discoveries up to 1896. The later text of Spiro (Teubner, 1903) differs from that of Hitzig only in minor details. As the present work is primarily archaeological in its purpose, textual criticism is avoided, and the reader is referred to the Hitzig-Bluemner edition for details in these matters. In the preparation of the Introduction, Notes, and Excursuses, the editor is conscious of his indebtedness to the Hitzig-Bluemner commentary and to the monumental work of Frazer (Pausanias's Description of Greece, translated with a Commentary, in six volumes. London, 1898). So thoroughly have these scholars done their work that in the preparation of a college edition they may be relied on for an accurate summary of the literature on the Attica up to the time of the publication of their works, and the chief task of the editor is to appraise the matter they present in the light of later contributions, to bring the discussions up to date, and to select what is essential to meet the needs of students. On account of the size and cost of these two important works, they are not readily accessible to any but specialists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.