Lectures of William Edmondstoune Aytoun on literature: Greek., [1845-1865.]
File
Identifier: MS.4898
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Two lectures on the 'Age of Homer' (folios 1, 24);
(ii) Two lectures on the 'Age of Greek drama' (folios 47, 76); with a translation from the "'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus" (folio 100).
Dates
- Creation: [1845-1865.]
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Extent
101 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
101 folios.
Bibliography
The passage translated from the "'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus" is quoted in "Blackwood's Magazine", July 1837, in Sir Archibald Alison's review of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'Athens, its rise and fall' (London, 1837), in which the translation originally appeared.
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National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk