812 WILLIAM WATSON GOODWIN. 



In common with many men of his position Goodwin turned at times 

 to editorial work of a humbler character. He re-edited Felton's 

 edition of Isocrates' " Panegyricus " (1863), of the "Birds" (1868) and 

 the "Clouds" (1870) of Aristophanes. One of the most excellent 

 books of its kind is the "Greek Reader" (1877, and in many later 

 editions), while his edition of the "Anabasis" (1885, and in many 

 later editions), prepared in conjunction with his colleague, Professor 

 J. W. White, and augmented by an Illustrated Vocabulary, the work 

 of Professors White and Morgan, is a model for its exact attention to 

 grammatical details. 



With Greek philosophy Goodwin never claimed the intimate ac- 

 quaintance of one whose special interests and sympathies mark him 

 as a philosopher by profession. The temper of his mind was not 

 metaphysical. Yet he had a large knowledge of the great ethical 

 books of Greek literature, and years of close study made him a wise 

 and judicious interpreter of the "Repubhc" of Plato and of Aristotle's 

 "Ethics." To the investigation of the history, antiquities, and law 

 of ancient Greece he brought a mind keenly- observant of the similari- 

 ties and differences between ancient and modern times. It is in the 

 interpretation of the masterpiece of Greek oratory that the scholar 

 must be able to draw, in well-nigh equal measure, upon a sound 

 knowledge of ancient history and ancient law. Goodwin's mastery of 

 this double field appears in his editions of Demosthenes' "On the 

 Crown" (1901) and "Against Midias" (1906). He wrote also on 

 " The Relation of the rpoedpoL to the irpvravtis in the Athenian Senate," 

 and on "The Value of the Attic Talent in Modern Money" {Traas- 

 adions of theAmcrican Philological Association, Vol. 16, 1885). To 

 Thucydides he devoted a large share of his attention, and for many 

 years lectured also on certain masterpieces of the Greek drama. 



It is to be regretted that Goodwin would not allow himself to be 

 persuaded to prepare an edition of Aeschylus, to the interpretation of 

 whose text he devoted years of profound study. He edited the text 

 and prepared a translation of the "Agamemnon," to be used in con- 

 nection with the public presentation of that play by the Department of 

 Classics at Harvard in 1906. Of his critical method we have a lumi- 

 nous example in the paper entitled " On the Text and Interpretation 

 of certain passages in the Agamemnon of Aeschylus." {Transactions 

 Amcr. Pkilol. Assoc, Vol. 8,-1877). In confronting the great difficul- 

 ties of the text of Aeschylus, Goodwin was invariably hostile to the 

 sciolist who complacently substitutes his emendations for the words 

 of the poet. "Est c^uaedam etiam nesciendi ars et scientia" — an 



