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Greek Tragic Poetry.
by Lesky, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972. First edition in English of Lesky's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition. Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry contains translations of the extant tragedies Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides among others.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134264
- Title
- Greek Tragic Poetry.
- Author
- Lesky, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Bernard Knox First Edition, Greek Tragic Poetry First Edition
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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