Add

Activity

Profile

Welcome to Litsy!

Litsy is a place to share and discover your favorite books with your favorite people.

Litsy is available on the web, for iOS and Android.

It’s fun.  It’s simple.  It’s all about the book. Sign up and get a little Litsy.

Create Account

To respect member's privacy and keep things awesome, most of Litsy is hidden from Google. We let humans see and share pages, but not machines. Find out more.

This page is: Hidden

Trending Hashtags

#12booksof2024

68 users recently

#ChristmasCheer

27 users recently

#HolidayBookDragons

33 users recently

#wintergames2024

37 users recently

#BookSpinBingo

48 users recently

#WinterGames

28 users recently

Trending Books

Untitled

72 users recently

Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

Ally Carter

35 users recently

James: A Novel

Percival Everett

8 users recently

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

8 users recently

Roll the Dice

Wayne Avrashow

9 users recently

Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature | L. D. Reynolds, N. G. Wilson

1 post | 4 read

It explores how the texts from classical Greece and Rome have survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to preserve them for future generations. In this 4th edition adjustments have been made to the text and the notes have been revised in order to take account of advances in scholarship over the last twenty years.

100%

Divadrax

Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature | L. D. Reynolds, N. G. Wilson

pick

Packed with fascinating information about the transmission of classical literature over the centuries, this book is still eminently readable, albeit rather opinionated at times. Tabulation of some of the data, while stylistically unappealing, might make for easier reference, but the index is good.