Harvard Lectures On Greek Subjects

In this series of lectures, S. H. Butcher delves into the rich history of ancient Greece and explains how the country's unique culture and values have influenced the modern world. These lectures are essential reading for anyone interested in classical studies, philosophy, or intellectual history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... VI GREEK LITERARY CRITICISM 'LITERATURE, ' said Goethe, 'is the fragment of fragments. The smallest part of what has been done and spoken is recorded, and the smallest part of what has been recorded has survived.' May we not add, from the Greek point of view, --' the smallest part of what has survived is literature '? The modern world in judging prose is often undecided as to what is literature and what is not. We are all agreed that we cannot include in literature every form of written or printed matter. But where does literature begin or end? Must we exclude almost all science, much history, most fiction? On one or two points at least the Greeks never wavered. When the early glamour--the sense of mystery and almost of magic--attaching to the discovery of writing had passed away, writing was at first thought of chiefly as a mechanical aid to memory. It saved from oblivion the inspirations of the Muse. Outside poetry its early uses were of the practical kind: it was employed for registering treaties and contracts and for keeping accounts.1 So far, however, as it was designed to serve purely material ends, it formed part of the prosaic order of life and lacked the dignity of art. In order to enter into the domain of art, in order to become literature, 1 Euripides notes accurately the early use of writing for practical purposes--letters or messages, wills, contracts, etc.; see Fr. (Palamedes) 578 Nauck: Tci i-i/s ye papfiaK bpdthaas pbvos &puva puivfyvra ovWaf3as rideis iriOpov civdpunroiai yp&fifiar elS vat, Wot' 01) irapbvra irovrias vrep nrXa/cos roiKei kar otKovs Ir&vt eirlaraadai KaQs, ircucriv re rbv BvtjoKovra 'xjpttfiarwv pjrpov ypapavras eliretv, rbv af3bvra 8' elStvai. a S' els tpiv irlirrovai v &vBpwiroi vtpi, 8itos Siatpei,

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Professor Bury covers the entire range of Greek historical writing form from its inception in the pseudo-historical aspects of the epics to the influence of Greek thought on Roman historiography. He shows how the idea of history became separated from the concept of recording and inventing mythologies, the introduction of a rationalistic view of history, the concept of political analysis, the influence of rhetoric on historical methodology, the effects of philosophy and the rise of antiquarianism on history, and dozens of similarly important topics. - back of book.

In more than 60 essays by an international team of scholars, this volume explores the full breadth and reach of Greek thought, investigating what the Greeks knew as well as what they thought they knew, and what they believed, invented, and understood about the possibilities of knowing. 65 color illustrations. Maps.

The Ancient Greek Historians is a collection of lectures delivered at Harvard University on the great historians of ancient Greece. The Macmillan Company's distinguished scholars provide insights into the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and others, offering new perspectives on the historical events of Greece. This book is an essential resource for scholars of ancient history and anyone interested in the art of storytelling. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.