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On winds

Title
On winds [electronic resource] / Theophrastus of Eresus ; [edition, translation and commentary] by Robert Mayhew.
Author
Theophrastus.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Mayhew, Robert.
Description
1 online resource (x, 374 pages)
Summary
"In 'Theophrastus of Eresus: On Winds', Robert Mayhew provides a critical edition of the Greek text with English translation and commentary on the sole Peripatetic treatise devoted specifically to winds, by Aristotle's successor in the Lyceum. This is the first edition of this text to appear in over forty years, and the first ever to make use not only of the twelve medieval manuscripts but also of the Oxyrhynchus papyrus fragment of this work (first published in 1986). The lengthy commentary attempts to explain this difficult (and often corrupt) text and its relationship to Aristotle's meteorological theory and scientific methodology."--
Series Statement
  • Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; volume 147
  • Theophrastus of Eresus: sources for his life, writings, thought and influence
Uniform Title
Peri anemōn. English (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Peri anemōn.
  • Theophrastus of Eresus
Subject
  • Winds > Early works to 1800
  • Winds > Middle East > Early works to 1800
  • Meteorology > History > Sources
Note
  • Edited primarily from the manuscript Vatican City, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana Vat. Gr. 1302 and from the Oxyrhynchus papyrus 3721.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and indexes.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Language (note)
  • Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages (pages 28-67). Introduction in English. Extensive commentary (pages 68-356) in English.
Contents
Introduction -- The text -- The translation and commentary -- Aristotle and Theophrastus on the nature of wind -- The structure of on winds -- An Aristotelian windrose -- Abbreviations -- Sigla -- Sigla codicum -- Text and translation -- Commentary.
LCCN
2017028022
OCLC
ssj0001872191
Author
Theophrastus.
Title
On winds [electronic resource] / Theophrastus of Eresus ; [edition, translation and commentary] by Robert Mayhew.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series
Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; volume 147
Theophrastus of Eresus: sources for his life, writings, thought and influence
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and indexes.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Language
Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages (pages 28-67). Introduction in English. Extensive commentary (pages 68-356) in English.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Mayhew, Robert.
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