The Journal of Philology

Founded in 1868 by the Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825–1910), William George Clark (1821–78), and William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), this biannual journal was a successor to The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Unlike its short-lived precursor, it survived for more than half a century, until 1920, spanning the period in which specialised academic journals developed from more general literary reviews. Predominantly classical in subject matter, with contributions from such scholars as J. P. Postgate, Robinson Ellis and A. E. Housman, the journal also contains articles on historical and literary themes across the 35 volumes, illuminating the growth and scope of philology as a discipline during this period. Volume 1, comprising issues 1 and 2, was published in 1868.

On chthonian worship; On Fronto; On the fragments attributed to Philolaus the Pythagorean; On parts of Ribbeck's Prolegomena critica to his edition of Virgil; On a Hindu version of the story of Rhampsinitus, Herod. II, 121; On the fragments of Aeschylus; On a passage of Hesychius; Emendations on two passages of Aeschylus; On 'gignesthai, gignoskein', on 'storge, eros, philein, agapan', and on an irregular formation of the Greek passive verb; Caius or Hippolytus?; On Lucretius; On the original configuration of the Palatine Hill and on the Pomoerium of Romulus; On a passage of Andocides; Conjectures on Thucydides; On the growth and development of language; Remarks on Mr Jebb's article on a passage of Andocides; On Mr Davies' Agamemnon of Aeschylus; On two neglected facts bearing on the Ignatian controversy; On the meaning of Hebrew root; On a recently discovered Latin poem of the fourth century; On Arist. Probl. 19, 12; On English pronunciation of Greek; On some passages of the Saxon laws; On the stone used in the construction of the Cloaca Maxima at Rome; On parts of Ribbeck's Prolegomena critica to his edition of Virgil (cont.); Notes on passages in the Trachiniae, Thucydides, Propertius, and Juvenal; On Sophocles' Electra, vv. 1288–1292; Note on 1 Corinthians 1, 26; Inscription found at Sérancourt; Note on Fronto.

Founded in 1868 by Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825-1910), William George Clark (1821-78), and William Aldis Wright (1831-1914), this biannual journal survived until 1920, spanning the period in which modern academic journals developed. These 35 volumes illuminate the growth and scope of classical philology.