Selected Classical Papers

by D.R. Shackleton Bailey

The present volume collects in one place the most important of Shackleton Bailey's very numerous papers on classical topics, which were originally published in a wide variety of journals around the world. The papers cover the chronological spread of the author's work, and are centered around the fields of Roman history, textual criticism, studies of classical scholars, and important reviews of the textual or historical work of contemporary classicists.

388 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

David Roy Shackleton Bailey was a distinguished British scholar of Latin literature (particularly in the field of textual criticism), who spent his academic life teaching at the University of Cambridge, the University of Michigan, and Harvard. He is best known for his work on Cicero, especially his commentaries and translations of Cicero's letters.