Greek Tragic Poetry.
First edition of Albin Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry; from the library of English classicist Bernard Knox with his ownership signature
Greek Tragic Poetry.
LESKY, Albin. Translated by Matthew Dillon. [Bernard Knox].
$350.00
Item Number: 134264
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
First edition in English of Lesky’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Bernard Knox with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. English classicist, author, and critic Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox was the first director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. In 1992 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Knox for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States federal government’s highest honor for achievement in the humanities. In near fine condition.
Lesky's Greek Tragic Poetry contains translations of the extant tragedies Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides among others.
