| Antiphon the Sophist Contributor(s): Antiphon (Author), Pendrick, Gerard J. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0521651611 ISBN-13: 9780521651615 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $171.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: The ancient Greek philosopher Antiphon was a contemporary of Socrates who lived in the fifth century BCE Athens. Antiphon wrote several major works, which have survived only in very fragmentary form. All that is known about these works as well as about Antiphon is included in this study. The material is translated, and its significance assessed in a detailed commentary that addresses the numerous problems raised by the fragmentary material. Antiphon's contribution to the wider history of ideas is addressed in conclusion. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 183.1 |
| LCCN: 2001035690 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.82" W x 8.74" (1.72 lbs) 486 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Pendrick, Gerard J.: - Gerard Pendrick received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University. He specializes in ancient Greek and Latin and has taught at Columbia, Emory, and Oglethorpe Universities as well as at Georgia State. His research interests include ancient philosophy, rhetoric and medicine. He has published numerous articles on these topics in American and European periodicals, and his edition of the fragments of the sophist Antiphon appeared in the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series published by Cambridge University Press in 2002. He is currently at work on a short article on Virgil's Aeneid as well as on a monograph about the origins of natural law theory in ancient Greece. |