Sexual life in ancient Greece : with thirty-two full-page plates

EDITORIAL NOTE

W ERE it not for the fact that both the author and the

translator of SexuaL Lire IN ANCIENT GREECE had, unfortunately, passed away before the English translation was finally ready for the press, neither editorial work by another hand nor this Editorial Note would have been necessary ; in the circumstances it is felt to be no more than just to the memory and reputation of these two distinguished scholars to make it clear that neither had the opportunity of piloting the completed work through the press. Mr. Freese, the translator for the Loeb Library, the Broadway Translations, etc., of many Greek and Latin originals, as well as the translator of many classical and philosophical works from the German, died in October, 1930, soon after having finished the present translation; Professor Licht, of Leipzig University, had predeceased him.

The work of the Editor has consisted of little more than selecting the illustrations and supplying the notes to them—for which he is solely responsible—compiling the two indexes, and making such minor corrections (mostly of a typographical nature) as Mr. Freese would have made himself had he been spared. ‘The Editor has, of course, in no way altered the text ; and, especially for those who know Mr. Freese’s work, it is almost unnecessary to assure readers that careful collation of the English with the German text shows that Mr. Freese has once again succeeded in faithfully reproducing the atmosphere as well as the essence of his original, which met with a remarkable reception on its first appearance.

All the footnotes, except when otherwise stated, are Professor Licht’s, but the indexes are original to this edition. It is believed that the second especially (Index of Authorities and Quoted Works), will furnish a very useful piece of apparatus to the classicist who wishes to make a study of this particularly fascinating but hitherto little accessible department of life in ancient Greece. Professor Licht, as will at once be obvious even to the ‘“ general” reader, had studied it profoundly ; and in the

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