Böcker av Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Originally published in 1875, this book contains the Latin text of the speeches delivered by the public orator at an honorary degree ceremony for the University of Cambridge on June 16, 1874. Each honoree was commended to the Chancellor of the University in a personalized speech on their achievements.

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905) was an influential Greek scholar and politician. First published in 1907, as the second edition of an 1873 original, this book contains a series of Jebb's translations from English poetry into Greek and Latin verse. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Greek, Latin and English literature.

Richard Claverhouse Jebb was an influential Greek scholar and politician. Originally published in 1907, this book presents a carefully chosen selection of essays and addresses taken from Jebb's large body of work. The selections are for the most part based around classical areas, but other topics are also covered.

This two-volume study, first published in 1876, aimed to re-establish the centrality of pre-Demosthenes orators to the history of Greek literature, and to situate their work in its political and social contexts. Volume 1 focuses on the lives and works of the orators Antiphon, Andokides and Lysias.