The Fine Art of Philology

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Thucydides
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The Fine Art of Philology

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Two questions:

1) What are the good philology books? I've got Sihler, and I understand that it's fairly good/authoratative/reasonable (and expensive...). What are the other important works? How do they differ? Are they worth obtaining?

2) How exactly is philology taught? At universities as part of classics courses I would imagine, but otherwise? I have no idea. All I know I've picked up by browsing Sihler (a fascinating past-time... can take up hours)
And what are your backgrounds in this subject (Paul, Ptolemaias, Annis et al?)

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Emma_85
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Post by Emma_85 »

How exactly is philology taught? At universities as part of classics courses I would imagine, but otherwise? I have no idea.
As far as know it's not only part of classics course but also of medieval English or French for example. Any old language really :wink: . Can't say much else about philology though :P
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