The Journal of Philology

Published between 1868 and 1920, this 35-volume set illuminates the development of specialised academic journals as well as classical philology.

William Aldis Wright (Edited by), William George Clark (Edited by), John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (Edited by)

9781108056625, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 December 2012

350 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 2 x 14 cm, 0.45 kg

Founded in 1868 by the Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825–1910), William George Clark (1821–78), and William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), this biannual journal was a successor to The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Unlike its short-lived precursor, it survived for more than half a century, until 1920, spanning the period in which specialised academic journals developed from more general literary reviews. Predominantly classical in subject matter, with contributions from such scholars as J. P. Postgate, Robinson Ellis and A. E. Housman, the journal also contains articles on historical and literary themes across the 35 volumes, illuminating the growth and scope of philology as a discipline during this period. Volume 2, comprising issues 3 and 4, was published in 1869.

Catullus' 29th poem
Some various readings of the epistles to the Thessalonians
The pronunciation of ancient Greek, illustrated by that of modern Bohemian
On a passage of Andocides
A lost dialogue of Aristotle
Notes on the Philoctetes
The excavations on the Palatine Hill
A passage in Plato, Republic, Bk VI
Mr Paley and Mr Stone's M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata selecta
The Chinese signs of case and number
Note on a Hebrew root
A supposed financial operation of Julius Caesar's
Romans V. 12
Propertius III (II) 34, 61–84
Virgil and Seneca, etc.
On 'anairein' and 'enairein', 'to slay', on the word 'adamas', adamant, and on passages in Pindar and Tacitus
Notes on 1 Thess. III, 3, Pind. Isth. V (VI), 66, and 1 Pet. III, 21
Notes on the Ignatian controversy
On Mr Clarks' article, entitled 'Pronunciation of Greek'
On the origin and development of the modern Greek language
Notes on Roman history
The cases
On Herod. II, 116, and Thucyd. I, 11
On Lucretius, Book VI
The Mostellaria of Plautus
Notes on Mr Paley's edition of the Agamemnon
Old Latin palimpsest fragments at Paris
Explanation of a difficult passage in Firdausi
Rhythm versus metre
M. Renan's theory of the Epistle to the Romans
On some verses of Ecclesiastes
On Aristophanis Equites
On the 'en meso' of Rev. V, 6 and the 'ana meson' of 1 Cor. VI, 5
On the Phoenician passage in the Poenulus of Plautus, Act V, Sc. 1
On Tacitus, Annals, XI, 27
On Thucydides, II, 90
Professor Conington.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]