Originally published in 1791, this work by classical scholar and
connoisseur Richard Payne Knight (1751 1824) attempts to
reconstruct the original pronunciation of ancient Greek.
Emphasising the importance of knowing what the various ancient
dialects sounded like in order to better appreciate surviving works
of ancient literature, Knight engages in textual criticism of
certain notable writings, including the poetry of Homer and Hesiod
and the plays of Sophocles. Representing a learned contribution to
classical philology, the essay also goes some way towards analysing
the ways in which Greek sounds were distorted by their inclusion in
other languages. Several plates at the end of the text reproduce a
selection of ancient inscriptions on stone, coins and ceramics.
Knight's Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (1805) and
Inquiry into the Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology
(1818) are also reissued in this series."
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