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The King James Bible has now entered its fifth century. Prepared by some 50 committed scholars of Hebrew and Greek, its text depended heavily on the work of the martyred scholar William Tyndale. Like the Septuagint, its Greek precedent, begun in the 3rd century B.C.E., the KJV was a team effort, and it was in fact, as the Septuagint was in legend, undertaken at royal command. Like Shakespeare's works,...
This paper treats the articles as represented in A.E. Housman: Classical Scholar. Since Housman wrote on a wide variety of ancient authors, the numerous areas of expertise in which he engaged are noted and examined by a cadre of scholars who are marked by eminence. Each of these papers is summarily critiqued in the following review-essay. Moreover notation of two distinct pathways toward original...
Sophie (Zofia) Trenkner's research was an important contribution to our knowledge of Greek prose style. This biographical note shows her participation in Poland's fight for independence during World War II and her scholarly career at Cambridge and Oxford.
The Foundation 'Traditio Europae', created in Torun by Professor Marian Szarmach, aims at supporting research on European culture and especially on its ancient origins, and promoting interest in these matters. Among many projects of the Foundation, one should mention a classical culture competition for high schools and junior colleges, and an internet site giving access to articles on antiquity by...
A public lecture by Gustaw Przychocki, the outstanding Polish classical philologist, especially known for his Plautine studies. The author lists the fields of interest covered by classical philology and shows the undiminished importance of the classics in the modern world.
A journey to Greece, made in 1938 by two eminent Polish Hellenists, Zofia Abramowiczówna and Stefan Srebrny, is reconstructed with the help of their diaries and photographs. Memories of Abramowiczówna's Greek travels are visible in some of her poems, which are quoted here.
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