Manual of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Authentic Periods to the Close of the Byzantine Era (Classic Reprint)

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The main work itself embraces in its plan the whole range of Greek Literature, from the earliest periods down to the close of the Byzantine era, and, besides a brief ao count of each successive stage of development in the his tory of the Grecian mind, will be found to contain bio graphical sketches oi all the most eminent writers who flourished within the limits just mentioned. To the list of their works there is also appended, in the case of each writer, a condensed account of the principal editions, pre pared from the best bibliographical sources, and which, though necessarily brief, may not prove without its value. A rapid survey is also taken of the different schools of Greek philosophy, of the medical systems of Greece, and likewise of the advances made in the cultivation of the mathematical sciences.

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