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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Marcus Aurelius; Martin Hammond |
ISBN: | 9780141395869 0141395869 |
OCLC Number: | 1023193967 |
Description: | 416 sidor ; 16.8 cm |
Series Title: | PENGUIN POCKET HARDBACKS |
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Marcus is well served by this new translation. Hammond has a pithy turn of phrase to match the emperor's own . . . His notes abound in helpful explanation and illuminating cross-reference. Diskin Clay contributes a sparkling and sympathetic introduction. The combination of introduction, translation and notes is as good as they get -- John Taylor * Journal of Classics Teaching * Martin Hammond's translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, like his Iliad and Odyssey, is the work of an unusually gifted translator, and one who understands the value added by careful attention to supplementary material. He writes natural English, direct and often eloquent; the text is well supported by effective notes and a characteristically thorough and well-planned index; Diskin Clay supplies a useful introduction. This is a fine volume -- Malcolm Heath * Greece & Rome Journal * Read more...

