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Add. MS b/37/380
Title
Copy letter from W. Wyse to J. G. Frazer
Date(s)
- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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Halford, Shipston on Stour. Dated 21 July, 1905 - Discusses a passage in Euphorion [of Chalcis, as quoted by Athenaeus] and whether it means competitors were beheaded after being being severely beaten; has bought [J. G.] Lockhart's ['Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart'] and discusses the differing Toryism of Scott and [Samuel] Johnson.
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- English
- Ancient Greek
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The original letter is housed as ADD.Ms.c.61/40.
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Note
Greek supplied in R. A. Downie's hand.
Note
Envelope of original letter docketed in Frazer's hand 'on Athenaeus IV. p. 154'.
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- Wyse, William (1860-1929) classical scholar (Subject)
- Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 1st Baronet, poet and novelist (Subject)
- Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784), author and lexicographer (Subject)
- Lockhart, John Gilbert (1891-1960), writer, soldier, and Secretary of the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Subject)