Old Greek Education

Name: Old Greek Education
Author: Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland)

Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland)

Education, Greek

A book which has scarcely a parallel in recent English literature, and
which will bear comparison with the highest achievements of German
scholarship and criticism. Indeed, the “Studies” may almost be said to
be unique in their combination of wide knowledge and minute research,
with a mastery of the literary art which alone would suffice to command
our warmest admiration. * * * Our notice would be incomplete without
a cordial word of praise for Professor Symonds’s spirited and elegant
translations of select passages. These add incalculably to the value
and interest of his work.--_Appletons’ Journal_, N. Y.

The great merit of Mr. Symonds’s writings is that, with all their charm
and grace of style, there is real work behind them. It is this, in
combination with other rarer gifts, which makes him so well fitted to
interpret the ancient world to modern readers.--_Academy_, London.

While it is a book readily understood by every thoughtful reader, it
will be of special interest to students who have given much time to the
Greek language and literature. * * * We know of no hand-book of Greek
poetry in English as satisfactory--as valuable as this.--_New Haven
Palladium._


  PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

  ☞ HARPER & BROTHERS _will send the above work by mail, postage
prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price_.




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Transcriber's note:

The following changes have been made to the text as printed:

    1. Footnotes have been renumbered and assembled at the end of each
          chapter.

    2. A small number of errors in the punctuation and spacing of the
          original work have been silently corrected.

    3. Page 34: "re-referred" has been corrected to "referred".

    4. Page 39: A missing footnote marker has been inserted after
          "impatient at idleness:".

    5. Page 40: A missing footnote marker has been inserted after
          "sensible remark."

    6. Footnote 19, 5th line from end: τρὸς has been corrected to πρὸς.

    7. Page 56: The symbol "IΔI" in the phrase "combinations such as
          IΔI meant 50" stands for a combination of the letters Π (Pi)
          and Δ (Delta) in the original.

    8. Footnote 28: Οεωδώρηον has been corrected to Θεωδώρηον.

    9. Footnote 41: γυμναστικήν has been corrected to γυμναστικὴν.

   10. Footnote 44: θεατής has been corrected to θεατὴς.

   11. Page 86: "spritually" has been corrected to "spiritually".

   12. Page 96: Comma removed from "St. John, Chrysostom".

   13. Footnote 59, line 9: Η (Greek letter) has been corrected
          to Ἢ.

   14. Footnote 67, line 3: χόρος has been corrected to χορός.

   15. Page 141, Index: Διαδόχος has been corrected to Διάδοχος.

   16. Page 143, Index: "Ptolemeion" referenced to Page 134,
          not Page 151.

The following anomaly in the printed text is noted, but no change has
been made:

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Old Greek EducationMahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland)

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Old Greek Education

Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland)

Education, Greek

A book which has scarcely a parallel in recent English literature, and
which will bear comparison with the highest achievements of German
scholarship and criticism. Indeed, the “Studies” may almost be said to
be unique in their combination of wide knowledge and minute research,
with a mastery of the literary art which alone would suffice to command
our warmest admiration. * * * Our notice would be incomplete without
a cordial word of praise for Professor Symonds’s spirited and elegant
translations of select passages. These add incalculably to the value
and interest of his work.--_Appletons’ Journal_, N. Y.

The great merit of Mr. Symonds’s writings is that, with all their charm
and grace of style, there is real work behind them. It is this, in
combination with other rarer gifts, which makes him so well fitted to
interpret the ancient world to modern readers.--_Academy_, London.

While it is a book readily understood by every thoughtful reader, it
will be of special interest to students who have given much time to the
Greek language and literature. * * * We know of no hand-book of Greek
poetry in English as satisfactory--as valuable as this.--_New Haven
Palladium._


  PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

  ☞ HARPER & BROTHERS _will send the above work by mail, postage
prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price_.




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Transcriber's note:

The following changes have been made to the text as printed:

    1. Footnotes have been renumbered and assembled at the end of each
          chapter.

    2. A small number of errors in the punctuation and spacing of the
          original work have been silently corrected.

    3. Page 34: "re-referred" has been corrected to "referred".

    4. Page 39: A missing footnote marker has been inserted after
          "impatient at idleness:".

    5. Page 40: A missing footnote marker has been inserted after
          "sensible remark."

    6. Footnote 19, 5th line from end: τρὸς has been corrected to πρὸς.

    7. Page 56: The symbol "IΔI" in the phrase "combinations such as
          IΔI meant 50" stands for a combination of the letters Π (Pi)
          and Δ (Delta) in the original.

    8. Footnote 28: Οεωδώρηον has been corrected to Θεωδώρηον.

    9. Footnote 41: γυμναστικήν has been corrected to γυμναστικὴν.

   10. Footnote 44: θεατής has been corrected to θεατὴς.

   11. Page 86: "spritually" has been corrected to "spiritually".

   12. Page 96: Comma removed from "St. John, Chrysostom".

   13. Footnote 59, line 9: Η (Greek letter) has been corrected
          to Ἢ.

   14. Footnote 67, line 3: χόρος has been corrected to χορός.

   15. Page 141, Index: Διαδόχος has been corrected to Διάδοχος.

   16. Page 143, Index: "Ptolemeion" referenced to Page 134,
          not Page 151.

The following anomaly in the printed text is noted, but no change has
been made:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Old Greek Education

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