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Dittography is the accidental, erroneous act of repeating a letter, word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist. [1] [2] The term is used in the field of textual criticism, especially in critical studies of ancient or biblical literature.
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Demosthenes' speeches were incorporated into the body of classical Greek literature that was preserved, catalogued and studied by scholars of the Hellenistic period. From then until the fourth century AD copies of his orations multiplied at a time when Demosthenes was deemed the most important writer in the rhetorical world and every serious ...
A major part of antique Greek [1] [2] and Latin literature was lost during this period, and only a small number of works remained extant to the Early Modern Age. [3] Most of these works are available in Medieval copies, while very few original documents of antiquity were known preserved, until recent discoveries of papyri and parchments. [4]
These corpora are important for the study of literature, history, linguistics, and other fields, and are a fundamental component of the world's cultural heritage. Chinese , Latin , and Greek are examples of ancient languages with significant text corpora, although much of these corpora are known to us via transmission (frequently via medieval ...
Ancient biography, or bios, as distinct from modern biography, was a genre of Greek and Roman literature interested in describing the goals, achievements, failures, and character of ancient historical persons and whether or not they should be imitated.
Erotokritos and Erophile by Georgios Hortatzis constitute classic examples of Greek Renaissance literature and are considered to be the most important works of Cretan literature. It remains a popular work to this day, largely due to the music that accompanies it when it is publicly recited.