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Entry | Tucidide. Epitafio di Pericle per i caduti del primo anno di guerra, a cura di …

Tucidide. Epitafio di Pericle per i caduti del primo anno di guerra, a cura di Oddone Longo, con testo a fronte

Typology: Translation | Commentary | Language: Italian | Place of publication: Venice | Publisher: Marsilio | Year: 2000

Greek Text: yes

Content: Pericles’ Funeral Oration

Oddone Longo (1930-2018), classical philologist, Professor of Greek Literature, History of the Greek Language, and History of Scientific Thought at the University of Padua, later Emeritus at the same university. His research has focused primarily on Greek theatre, Greek thought, Aristotle, and Galileo. Longo also served as President of the Accademia Galileiana of Padua.

Translation and commentary on Thuc. 2.34-47 (Pericles' Funeral Oration).