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Xenophon's Memorabilia and The Apology of Socrates translated by Sarah Fielding

Xenophon's Memorabilia and The Apology of Socrates translated by Sarah Fielding

Pignot, Hélène
Pignot, Hélène

Hardcover

Series: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity, Book 21

Biographies GeneralLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1463206143
ISBN13: 9781463206147
Publisher: Gorgias Pr Llc
Published: Sep 12 2016
Pages: 232
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Sarah Fielding (1710-1768), the younger sister of Henry Fielding, and the close friend of his literary rival Samuel Richardson, was one of the very few English women (as was her friend Elizabeth Carter, the translator of all the works of Epictetus) to master ancient languages like Latin and Greek. With the help of Shaftesbury's nephew, James Harris, a distinguished writer, scholar and grammarian, she embarked on the ambitious project of translating Xenophon's Memorabilia and the Apology of Socrates from the Greek. This work, titled Memoirs of Socrates, with the Defence of Socrates before his Judges, was finally released in 1762. She proved a discreet editor and a talented Hellenist, whose elegant style garnered praise from Tobias Smollett in his Critical Review. This superb translation is re-published in its entirety for the first time since the 18th century.

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