Xenophon's Memorabilia and The Apology of Socrates translated by Sarah Fielding

• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781463237103
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Critica letteraria antica e classica

Sarah Fielding (1710-1768), the younger sister of Henry Fielding, and the close friend of his literary rival Samuel Richardson, was one of the very few English women to master ancient languages like Latin and Greek. With the help of Shaftesbury's nephew, James Harris, a distinguished writer, scholar and grammarian, she embarked on the ambitious project of translating Xenophon's Memorabilia and the Apology of Socrates from the Greek. This work, titled Memoirs of Socrates, with the Defence of Socrates before his Judges, was finally released in 1762. She proved a discreet editor and a talented Hellenist, whose elegant style garnered praise from Tobias Smollett in his Critical Review. This superb translation is re-published in its entirety for the first time since the 18th century.

Table of contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• A Note On The Text
• Xenophon’s Memoirs Of Socrates With The Defence Of Socrates Before His Judges Translated From The Original Greek By Sarah Fielding
• Preface
• Xenophon’s Memoirs of Socrates
• The Defence of Socrates, Before his JUDGES By XENOPHON