Caesar's Gallic War: Books I-IV (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Julius Caesar

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9780666776020: Caesar's Gallic War: Books I-IV (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0666776024 ISBN 13: 9780666776020

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Caesar's Gallic War: Books I-IV

The editors have undertaken the task of reediting entirely the well-known Allen and Greenough Caesar to satisfy the ever-increasing demands of modern secondary education. In view of the improvements lately made in the text of Cesar by Meusel and others, they have changed the readings in many places, following chiefly Meusel's as almost a new textus recep tus. Most of the changes will at once commend themselves. The editors have in general been conservative in regard to spelling, especially the new spelling of old Gallic names, feeling that much that is proposed of that kind as yet lacks certainty. But they have adopted the spelling -is for the accusative plural of i-stems in accordance with the prevailing usage. They have allowed themselves full liberty in enriching the notes as to grammar, exegesis, and subject-matter. They have added very full suggestions for parallel reading, and have spared no pains to enrich the study of this famous piece of literature. The trea tises on military affairs and other introductory matters have been rewritten and brought out of the notes under one head, so that a pupil may have a chance to gain some general infor mation before he begins to read. Special attention has been given to indirect discourse, the bugbear of Latin education, and throughout the earlier books the direct form has been.

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