English Translations from the Greek: A Bibliographical SurveyFoster, Finley Melville Kendall
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English Translations from the Greek: A Bibliographical Survey
Foster, Finley Melville Kendall
Greek literature -- Translations into English -- Bibliography; Thesis (Ph. D.)
4. The Moral Characters translated from the Greek by H. Gally, M.A. To
which is prefixed a critical essay with notes on characteristic‐writings.
1725. 8o
5. Θεοφραστου περι των Λιθων βιβλιον. Theophrastus’ History of Stones with
an English version, and critical and philological note.... By John Hill.
1746. 8o
_Reprinted: 1774._
6. The Moral Characters of Theophrastus, translated from the Greek. By W.
Rayner. Norwich. 1797.
7. Characters, Greek and English, with notes by F. Howell. 1824. 8o
_Reprinted: 1831._
8. The Characters of Theophrastus [translated and] Illustrated by
physiognomical sketches. To which are subjoined hints on the individual
varieties of human nature and general remarks. [By T., i.e., Isaac Taylor]
1866.
9. Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες. The Characters of Theophrastus. An English
translation by Richard Claverhouse Jebb. 1870. 8o
_American Reprint: New York, 1870._
10. On Winds and Weather Signs. Translated with introduction, notes, and
appendix by James George Wood. Edited by George James Symons. 1894.
11. The Characters of Theophrastus, The Mimes of Herodas, The Tablet of
Kebes. Translated with an Introduction by R. Thomson Clark. 1909. 12o [New
Universal Library]
_American Reprint: [New Universal Library] New York, 1913._
12. Characters. Translated by J. E. Sandys. 1909. 8o
13. Enquiry into plants, and minor works on odours and weather signs.
English translation by Sir Arthur Hart. 1916. 18o [Loeb Classical Library]
_American Reprint: [Loeb] New York, 1916._
American Translation
1. Characters of Theophrastus; translated by C. E. Bennett and W. A.
Hammond. New York. 1902.
Thucydides
1. The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche
was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of
Frenche into the Englysh language by Thomas Nicholls Citezine and
Goldesmyth of London. [No place] 1550. Fol. BL
2. Eight Bookes Of the Peloponnesian warre Written by Thucydides the sonne
of Olorus. Interpreted with Faith and Diligence Immediately out of the
Greeke By Thomas Hobbes Secretary to ye late Earle of Deuonshire. 1629.
Fol.
_Reprinted: 1634; 1676; 1723; 1812; 1822; 1824; 1841; 2 vol., 1843._
3. The Plague of Athens which happened in the year of the Peloponesian
warr, First described in Greek by Thucidides, then in Latin by Lucretius,
Now attempted in English by Tho: Sprat. [Licensed to Master Henry Brown,
Oct. 2, 1679.]
_Reprinted: 1688; 1703._
4. The History of the Peloponnesian War, translated from the Greek of
Thucydides; to which are added, Three Preliminary Discourses; by William
Smith, D.D., Dean of Chester. 2 vol., 1753. 8o
_Reprinted: 2 vol., 1805; 2 vol., 1812; 2 vol., 1815; 3 vol., 1831; 1
vol., 1831; [Sir John Lubbock’s Books] 1892; 1898._
_American Reprints: 2 vol., New York, 1820‐52; New York, 1849; 2 vol., New
York, 1872‐76._
5. Peloponnesian War, translated by Bloomfield. 3 vol., 1829. 8o
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