H T Wade-Gery
Biographic Data
| ID | 1165433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H T Wade-Gery |
| GIVEN NAMES | H T |
| FAMILY NAME | Wade-Gery |
| SIGNATURE | WADE-GERY H T |
| AFFILIATIONS | New College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 181 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1930 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The Poet of the Iliad
Originally published in 1952, this book is based upon the J. H. Gray lectures for 1949, delivered in Cambridge, which dealt with the Iliad as a historic event, with discussion on the circumstances of its composition and first performance, its effect on Greek civilisation, and its intrinsic nature. The text presents the content for all three lectures: 'The Poet's Circumstances'; 'The Poet's Descendants'; and 'The Creative Poet'. A detailed appendi…
Essays in Greek history
Essays in Greek History
Athenian Resources in 449 and 431 B.C
A Note on the Origin of the Spartan Gymnopaidiai
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Hesiod
The Dorian Invasion
What Happened in Pylos
The Decrees of Kallias
The Sixth-Century Athenian Decree about Salamis
This famous decree, which is the earliest Athenian decree preserved on stone, is printed e.g. by Hiller in IG. i. no. i, and with a materially different text by Tod in SGHI. no. II. A small new fragment was published in Hesperia , vii. 264. Restorations continue to differ widely and fundamentally. In Hesperia , x. 301–7, Meritt has discussed recent suggestions, and has submitted his own text on p. 307; on p. 305 is a drawing by Raubitschek of the…
The Question of Tribute in 449/8 B. C
Kritias and Herodes
The purpose of this paper is to put forward the hypothesis that the author of ‘Herodes περ πολιτας is Kritias. The speech bears Herodes’ name: did Herodes' well-known interest in Kritias amount to the transcription of a whole speech? The speech concerns Thessalian affairs at approximately the time when Kritias was in Thessaly: is it exactly the time? and is the tone what we would expect Kritias' tone to be? We have much description of Kritias' pr…
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch, Lycurgus VI C. What is the Rhetra
In the foregoing parts of this paper I have sought, first (in A. Plutarch's Text ) to recover Plutarch's text of the Rhetra, which I believe to be also Aristotle's text. It is evident that Aristotle knew and commented on this Rhetra: I take it as my hypothesis that his account of it in his Spartan Constitution was substantially the same as what Plutarch gives us
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch Lycurgus vi B. The Eynomla of Tyrtaios
P lutarch concludes his chapter on the Rhetra ( Lye. 6) with six lines of Tyrtaios: φο⋯βου ⋯κο⋯ςσαντες Πυθων⋯θεν οἴκαδ' ἔνεικαν 1 μαντε⋯ας τε θεο⋯ κα⋯ τελ⋯εντ' ἔπεα ἄρχειν μ⋯ν βουλῦς θεοτιμ⋯τους βασιλ⋯ας οἷσι μ⋯λει Σπ⋯ρτας ἱμερ⋯εσσα π⋯λις πρεσβ⋯τας τε γ⋯ροντας, ἔπειτα δ⋯ δημ⋯τας ἄνδρας πὐθε⋯αις ῥ⋯τραις ⋯ντααπαμειβομ⋯νους. These lines are quoted to confirm Plutarch's statement, that the Kings who added the last clause to the Rhetra (what I have ca…
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch Lycurgus VI
The Spartan Rhetra quoted by Plutarch in Lyc. vi. 2 consists of some thirty-seven words in an archaic Dorian or near-Dorian dialect: Plutarch says it was an oracle, and that later an extra clause was added by the kings Polydoros and Theopompos; he quotes this ‘added clause’ in vi. 8. I believe this Rhetra was not an oracle but an act of the Spartan Ekklesia; and I suspect that the ‘added clause’ was not added, but is an integral part of the origi…
The Athenian Tribute Lists
The Athenian Tribute Lists
Two Notes on Theopompos, Philippika, X
Themistokles' Archonship
Whilst archon, in 493/2 B.C., Themistokles began his constructions at Peiraeus, which he got finished in 479/8 (Thuc. I. 93.3). On the latter occasion he persuaded (ἔπεισε) the demos: on the former he evidently acted in virtue of the archon's powers. What powers? The classical archon's functions were mainly two: to conduct certain public festivals, and to see to such lawsuits as pertained to the family. Not unimportant functions, at least not uni…
Pylos and the Assessment of Tribute
Studies in the Structure of Attic Society
As a preliminary to an estimate of the work of Kleisthenes, I have sought in this paper to constate certain facts about the nature of the evidence
Studies in Attic Inscriptions of the Fifth Century B.C
The inscriptions here published or discussed have, some of them, historic interest; which I hope I have not entirely neglected to point out. But this is chiefly a report of my work in the Museum: the reconstruction of stelai , the recognising and distinguishing of hands. In the third section, A Distinctive Attic Hand , my argument for date is cumulative, and weak as cumulative arguments are: I have no single certain proof that any of the group, s…
Studies in the Structure of Attic Society
In an earlier paper on this topic, ‘Eupatridai, Archons, and Areopagus,' 3 I was primarily concerned to recover the views of Aristotle, as expressed in the ‘Αθ. πολ., on such elements of Attic Society as Eupatridai, Gennetai, etc. I sought to establish that to him at least these two were not identical: that, more precisely, he recorded two stages of development— (a) ‘ Ion ’: in whose day the whole body of Athenians was composed of Gennetai, while…
Eupatridai, Archons, and Areopagus
I argued in § II. ( Ion and Theseus ) that in the lost chapters of the Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία Aristotle recorded (in connexion with the Synoikisis) the creation by Theseus of the Eupatrid Order , from whom the Archons were chosen: that this tallies with Thuc. II. 15: that Thucydides further suggests that the continuous existence of the Areopagus Council dates from the same time: that finally Council and Order stand to each other as patres and patricii…
A Document of the Restored Democracy of 410 B.C. ( I.G. I 2 . 114)
Hiller von Gaertringen says of this inscription: ‘Lapis in obscuro loco collocatus est. In ectypis nihil fere dispeximus ... Lectio e Koehlero et Velseno componenda est.’ I did not find the stone till my last morning in Athens: it is E.M. 6600; it is extremely illegible, and I had not time to move it to a really good light. But there are a few things to add, and the length of line can, I believe, be determined
Essays in Greek history
Themistokles' Archonship
Whilst archon, in 493/2 B.C., Themistokles began his constructions at Peiraeus, which he got finished in 479/8 (Thuc. I. 93.3). On the latter occasion he persuaded (ἔπεισε) the demos: on the former he evidently acted in virtue of the archon's powers. What powers? The classical archon's functions were mainly two: to conduct certain public festivals, and to see to such lawsuits as pertained to the family. Not unimportant functions, at least not uni…
The Athenian Tribute Lists
Studies in the Structure of Attic Society
As a preliminary to an estimate of the work of Kleisthenes, I have sought in this paper to constate certain facts about the nature of the evidence
Studies in the Structure of Attic Society
In an earlier paper on this topic, ‘Eupatridai, Archons, and Areopagus,' 3 I was primarily concerned to recover the views of Aristotle, as expressed in the ‘Αθ. πολ., on such elements of Attic Society as Eupatridai, Gennetai, etc. I sought to establish that to him at least these two were not identical: that, more precisely, he recorded two stages of development— (a) ‘ Ion ’: in whose day the whole body of Athenians was composed of Gennetai, while…
Athenian Resources in 449 and 431 B.C
The Question of Tribute in 449/8 B. C
Studies in Attic Inscriptions of the Fifth Century B.C
The inscriptions here published or discussed have, some of them, historic interest; which I hope I have not entirely neglected to point out. But this is chiefly a report of my work in the Museum: the reconstruction of stelai , the recognising and distinguishing of hands. In the third section, A Distinctive Attic Hand , my argument for date is cumulative, and weak as cumulative arguments are: I have no single certain proof that any of the group, s…
Two Notes on Theopompos, Philippika, X
Eupatridai, Archons, and Areopagus
I argued in § II. ( Ion and Theseus ) that in the lost chapters of the Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία Aristotle recorded (in connexion with the Synoikisis) the creation by Theseus of the Eupatrid Order , from whom the Archons were chosen: that this tallies with Thuc. II. 15: that Thucydides further suggests that the continuous existence of the Areopagus Council dates from the same time: that finally Council and Order stand to each other as patres and patricii…
Kritias and Herodes
The purpose of this paper is to put forward the hypothesis that the author of ‘Herodes περ πολιτας is Kritias. The speech bears Herodes’ name: did Herodes' well-known interest in Kritias amount to the transcription of a whole speech? The speech concerns Thessalian affairs at approximately the time when Kritias was in Thessaly: is it exactly the time? and is the tone what we would expect Kritias' tone to be? We have much description of Kritias' pr…
A Note on the Origin of the Spartan Gymnopaidiai
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The Athenian Tribute Lists
Hesiod
The Sixth-Century Athenian Decree about Salamis
This famous decree, which is the earliest Athenian decree preserved on stone, is printed e.g. by Hiller in IG. i. no. i, and with a materially different text by Tod in SGHI. no. II. A small new fragment was published in Hesperia , vii. 264. Restorations continue to differ widely and fundamentally. In Hesperia , x. 301–7, Meritt has discussed recent suggestions, and has submitted his own text on p. 307; on p. 305 is a drawing by Raubitschek of the…
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch Lycurgus VI
The Spartan Rhetra quoted by Plutarch in Lyc. vi. 2 consists of some thirty-seven words in an archaic Dorian or near-Dorian dialect: Plutarch says it was an oracle, and that later an extra clause was added by the kings Polydoros and Theopompos; he quotes this ‘added clause’ in vi. 8. I believe this Rhetra was not an oracle but an act of the Spartan Ekklesia; and I suspect that the ‘added clause’ was not added, but is an integral part of the origi…
The Year of the Armistice, 423 B.C
This paper is (as will be sufficiently evident) a by-product of two systematic inquiries: one into the Strategia and Strategoi of the fifth century, the other into the military expenditure during the Peloponnesian War. The two inquiries cannot be kept distinct, and both have largely to depend on a minute study of the financial inscriptions
A Document of the Restored Democracy of 410 B.C. ( I.G. I 2 . 114)
Hiller von Gaertringen says of this inscription: ‘Lapis in obscuro loco collocatus est. In ectypis nihil fere dispeximus ... Lectio e Koehlero et Velseno componenda est.’ I did not find the stone till my last morning in Athens: it is E.M. 6600; it is extremely illegible, and I had not time to move it to a really good light. But there are a few things to add, and the length of line can, I believe, be determined
The Year of the Armistice, 423 B.C
This paper is (as will be sufficiently evident) a by-product of two systematic inquiries: one into the Strategia and Strategoi of the fifth century, the other into the military expenditure during the Peloponnesian War. The two inquiries cannot be kept distinct, and both have largely to depend on a minute study of the financial inscriptions
Studies in the Structure of Attic Society
In an earlier paper on this topic, ‘Eupatridai, Archons, and Areopagus,' 3 I was primarily concerned to recover the views of Aristotle, as expressed in the ‘Αθ. πολ., on such elements of Attic Society as Eupatridai, Gennetai, etc. I sought to establish that to him at least these two were not identical: that, more precisely, he recorded two stages of development— (a) ‘ Ion ’: in whose day the whole body of Athenians was composed of Gennetai, while…
Eupatridai, Archons, and Areopagus
I argued in § II. ( Ion and Theseus ) that in the lost chapters of the Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία Aristotle recorded (in connexion with the Synoikisis) the creation by Theseus of the Eupatrid Order , from whom the Archons were chosen: that this tallies with Thuc. II. 15: that Thucydides further suggests that the continuous existence of the Areopagus Council dates from the same time: that finally Council and Order stand to each other as patres and patricii…
Studies in the Structure of Attic Society
As a preliminary to an estimate of the work of Kleisthenes, I have sought in this paper to constate certain facts about the nature of the evidence
Studies in Attic Inscriptions of the Fifth Century B.C
The inscriptions here published or discussed have, some of them, historic interest; which I hope I have not entirely neglected to point out. But this is chiefly a report of my work in the Museum: the reconstruction of stelai , the recognising and distinguishing of hands. In the third section, A Distinctive Attic Hand , my argument for date is cumulative, and weak as cumulative arguments are: I have no single certain proof that any of the group, s…
Pylos and the Assessment of Tribute
Themistokles' Archonship
Whilst archon, in 493/2 B.C., Themistokles began his constructions at Peiraeus, which he got finished in 479/8 (Thuc. I. 93.3). On the latter occasion he persuaded (ἔπεισε) the demos: on the former he evidently acted in virtue of the archon's powers. What powers? The classical archon's functions were mainly two: to conduct certain public festivals, and to see to such lawsuits as pertained to the family. Not unimportant functions, at least not uni…
Two Notes on Theopompos, Philippika, X
The Athenian Tribute Lists
The Athenian Tribute Lists
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch Lycurgus VI
The Spartan Rhetra quoted by Plutarch in Lyc. vi. 2 consists of some thirty-seven words in an archaic Dorian or near-Dorian dialect: Plutarch says it was an oracle, and that later an extra clause was added by the kings Polydoros and Theopompos; he quotes this ‘added clause’ in vi. 8. I believe this Rhetra was not an oracle but an act of the Spartan Ekklesia; and I suspect that the ‘added clause’ was not added, but is an integral part of the origi…
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch, Lycurgus VI C. What is the Rhetra
In the foregoing parts of this paper I have sought, first (in A. Plutarch's Text ) to recover Plutarch's text of the Rhetra, which I believe to be also Aristotle's text. It is evident that Aristotle knew and commented on this Rhetra: I take it as my hypothesis that his account of it in his Spartan Constitution was substantially the same as what Plutarch gives us
The Spartan Rhetra in Plutarch Lycurgus vi B. The Eynomla of Tyrtaios
P lutarch concludes his chapter on the Rhetra ( Lye. 6) with six lines of Tyrtaios: φο⋯βου ⋯κο⋯ςσαντες Πυθων⋯θεν οἴκαδ' ἔνεικαν 1 μαντε⋯ας τε θεο⋯ κα⋯ τελ⋯εντ' ἔπεα ἄρχειν μ⋯ν βουλῦς θεοτιμ⋯τους βασιλ⋯ας οἷσι μ⋯λει Σπ⋯ρτας ἱμερ⋯εσσα π⋯λις πρεσβ⋯τας τε γ⋯ροντας, ἔπειτα δ⋯ δημ⋯τας ἄνδρας πὐθε⋯αις ῥ⋯τραις ⋯ντααπαμειβομ⋯νους. These lines are quoted to confirm Plutarch's statement, that the Kings who added the last clause to the Rhetra (what I have ca…
The Question of Tribute in 449/8 B. C
Kritias and Herodes
The purpose of this paper is to put forward the hypothesis that the author of ‘Herodes περ πολιτας is Kritias. The speech bears Herodes’ name: did Herodes' well-known interest in Kritias amount to the transcription of a whole speech? The speech concerns Thessalian affairs at approximately the time when Kritias was in Thessaly: is it exactly the time? and is the tone what we would expect Kritias' tone to be? We have much description of Kritias' pr…
The Sixth-Century Athenian Decree about Salamis
This famous decree, which is the earliest Athenian decree preserved on stone, is printed e.g. by Hiller in IG. i. no. i, and with a materially different text by Tod in SGHI. no. II. A small new fragment was published in Hesperia , vii. 264. Restorations continue to differ widely and fundamentally. In Hesperia , x. 301–7, Meritt has discussed recent suggestions, and has submitted his own text on p. 307; on p. 305 is a drawing by Raubitschek of the…
The Decrees of Kallias
The Dorian Invasion
What Happened in Pylos
A Note on the Origin of the Spartan Gymnopaidiai
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Hesiod
Athenian Resources in 449 and 431 B.C
Essays in Greek history
Essays in Greek History
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