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Cambridge Compositions
Original composition in classical languages was an important and
much admired skill in the Victorian education system. In public
schools and university Classics courses it was a key part of the
curriculum, not only teaching the structure of the ancient languages
themselves, but also honing rhetorical skills. This 1899 anthology
of selections from English literature translated into Greek and Latin
prose and verse includes contributions from a whole generation of late
Victorian classical scholars at Cambridge: Sir Richard Claverhouse
Jebb and his successor as Regius Professor of Greek, Henry Jackson,
James Adam, editor of Plato o, Samuel Butcher, founder of the English
Classical Association and President of the British Academy in 1909-
10, a number of younger scholars and even one female lecturer. This
would have been a model volume for Victorian students and remains
useful today for those wanting to improve both comprehension and
composition in the classical languages.
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Compositions
Greek and Latin
E d i t e d b y R i c ha rd Dac re A rc h e r - Hi n d
a n d R o b e rt D rew Hi c k s
C A M B R I D G E U N I V E R SI T Y P R E S S
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© in this compilation Cambridge University Press 2009
This edition first published 1899
This digitally printed version 2009
ISBN 978-1-108-00255-4
This book reproduces the text of the original edition. The content and language reflect
the beliefs, practices and terminology of their time, and have not been updated.

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