Herbert Cushing Tolman

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A Guide to the Old Persian Inscriptions is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This is a definitive work on a most important subject and career a well regarded and honored work by the premier translation expert of the times, still widely appreciated. At the time of original publication in 1901, Herbert Cushing Tolman, Ph. D., was Professor of Greek in Vanderbilt University. Contents: Reading the OriginalThe Work of the TranslatorTranslation Not ExplanationThe Choice of WordsPrimitive SignificationSynonymsThe Order of WordsFigures of SpeechThe Greek Particles