Theophrastus of Eresus: On Winds

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-35182-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Band 147, 374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: Philosophia Antiqua / Theophrastus of Eresus

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayhew, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction
1 The Text
2 The Translation and Commentary
3 Aristotle and Theophrastus on the Nature of Wind
4 The Structure of On Winds
5 An Aristotelian Windrose
6 Abbreviations
7 Sigla
8 Sigla Codicum

Text and Translation

Commentary

Bibliography
Index nominum
Index locorum

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Mayhew, Ph.D. (1991), Georgetown University, is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University. He has published monographs, translations, and many articles on ancient Greek philosophy and science, including Prodicus the Sophist: Texts, Translations, & Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2011).