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Lidell and Scott : Greek Lexicon

'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help Wilde with the poem's medieval Italian; two massive folio volumes containing the entire surviving corpus of Greek and Latin poetry and drama; the equally weighty Liddell and Scott's "Greek Lexicon", and Lewis and Short's "Latin Dictionary". More Adey, the translator of Henrik Ibsen...procured the volumes and dispatched them to Reading.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Oscar Wilde      Print: Book

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