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message 1: by John (new)

John (jmb123) | 23 comments Please help me with these 'date of publication' issues:

1. The ‘first published’ dates of these three books all appear to be typos:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76... - 1960


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11... - 2000


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44... - 1669


2. Plutarch’s Lives

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27... - Volume 1 of this edition says it was first published in 100, but Volume 2 gives a 20th Century date. I suggest giving the 100 date for both volumes.

3. Various books containing plays by Aristophanes: some books have B.C. dates; others have 20th Century dates:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15... -- this one says -450

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... - this one says -405

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15... - this one says -393

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15... - This one is listed as 1969. My research indicates that the latest of the four plays in this book is The Assemblywomen, which was first performed in 392 B.C. I suggest that date.

Thanks.


message 2: by Vicky (last edited Feb 26, 2013 08:33AM) (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments Working on this.

Someone got to #1 first, updated #2.

#3: Both the 3rd and 4th link have The Assemblywomen as the most recent work in the collection, but I'm going to use 391 as the date since there is some controversy over the date and 391 or 390 is the most exact date that I've found.


message 3: by John (new)

John (jmb123) | 23 comments Makes sense to me - many thanks!


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