Whitney J. Oates (1904–1973)
Autore di Seven Famous Greek Plays
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Opere di Whitney J. Oates
The Stoic and Epicurean philosophers; the complete extant writings of Epicurus, Epictetus, Lucretius, Marcus Aurelius (1940) — A cura di — 209 copie
Complete Greek Drama: All the Extant Tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the Comedies of Aristophanes… (1938) — A cura di — 157 copie
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Classical studies presented to Edward Capps on his seventieth birthday (1936) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Oates, Whitney J.
- Nome legale
- Oates, Whitney Jennings
- Data di nascita
- 1904-03-26
- Data di morte
- 1973-10-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - Istruzione
- Princeton University (PhD|1931)
Princeton University (AB|1926) - Attività lavorative
- professor
classical philologist - Organizzazioni
- Princeton University
US Marine Corps (WWII) - Breve biografia
- Known as Mike to his colleagues at Princeton. Went to Princeton from the Evanston Township High School in Illinois as a member of the class of 1925. He graduated summa cum laude in classics, earning his A.M. in 1927 and his Ph.D in 1931. Chairman of the classics department for sixteen years. Published extensively in his special fields of interest, Greek drama and philosophy. In the 1930s he was a principal organizer, and from 1945 to 1959 was chairman, of the Special Program for the Humanities. During World War II, Oates served with the Marines in the Southwest Pacific. He returned to Princeton in 1945 and conceived and found the money for a plan to attract returning servicemen into college teaching, founding a program that became the National Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program.
In 1953 he helped establish the Council of Humanities and was chairman until his retirement from the faculty in 1970.
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The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers: The Complete… di Whitney J. Oates
Epicureans get four out five while the stoics get one out of five.
Generously, 3*** – 2½** might be more appropriate. Probably an excellent book in its day (1938), but these translations are terribly dated.
so this really isn't my thing, in general. the timing was good to read it, though, as i'd been primed after reading some historical fiction about rome, even though that was 500 years after most of these plays were written/produced. still, it puts you in the right frame of mind for the kind of violence that seems to have been prevalent then.
i'd read at least 2 and as many as 4 of these before, but didn't really remember much of them; already knowing the story doesn't detract any as you're kind of supposed to know the story going in anyway. to that end, each of the plays is introduced with a short explanation, giving the context to the reader. there is also a glossary at the end, so you can look up the many references to people and such throughout. personally, i found the introductions helpful, but would have much preferred references on the side or at the bottom of the pages to help explain the rest of the information that is found in the glossary. when i used the glossary, which wasn't too much, i didn't find it helpful. i don't want to know who some historical/mythological reference is but why it is important; i need more context. so i'm sure there was a lot that i missed. especially as i found myself mostly skimming as i went along.
ok, so i most enjoyed both of sophocles' plays, oedipus the king and antigone, at least one of which were rereads for me. i found these to be the easiest to follow without trouble at all, and the flow seemed better to me in them. also i just like the subject matter better (personal struggle). i also liked euripides' alcestis but didn't much care for his medea, although both were also easy to understand and follow. i wasn't into aeschylus' plays at all (prometheus bound and agamemnon) and found them hard to get through without a better background in the history. aristophanes' the frogs seemed a trifle that i didn't see much point to, although there were parts that were a little amusing.… (altro)
i'd read at least 2 and as many as 4 of these before, but didn't really remember much of them; already knowing the story doesn't detract any as you're kind of supposed to know the story going in anyway. to that end, each of the plays is introduced with a short explanation, giving the context to the reader. there is also a glossary at the end, so you can look up the many references to people and such throughout. personally, i found the introductions helpful, but would have much preferred references on the side or at the bottom of the pages to help explain the rest of the information that is found in the glossary. when i used the glossary, which wasn't too much, i didn't find it helpful. i don't want to know who some historical/mythological reference is but why it is important; i need more context. so i'm sure there was a lot that i missed. especially as i found myself mostly skimming as i went along.
ok, so i most enjoyed both of sophocles' plays, oedipus the king and antigone, at least one of which were rereads for me. i found these to be the easiest to follow without trouble at all, and the flow seemed better to me in them. also i just like the subject matter better (personal struggle). i also liked euripides' alcestis but didn't much care for his medea, although both were also easy to understand and follow. i wasn't into aeschylus' plays at all (prometheus bound and agamemnon) and found them hard to get through without a better background in the history. aristophanes' the frogs seemed a trifle that i didn't see much point to, although there were parts that were a little amusing.… (altro)
My favorite translation. Great notes, very funny.
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