A Chapter In The History of Scholia
N. G. Wilson
The question to be discussed in this paper can put simple terms: at what date were the collections of scholia on classical Greek authors compiled? Scholars have given two conflicting answers. first was forward by J. W. White his edition Aristophanes' Birds . Developing an opinion Dindorf, he suggested that archetype a large parchment codex fourth or fifth century, which contained margins commentary drawn from several sources. A very similar view has been expressed about Apollonius Rhodius and Pindar.
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