Euripides: Alcestis

Informationen zum Autor A.M. Dale was Reader in Classics in Birkbeck College! University of London! UK. He edited Euripides' Alcestis and Helen! both published by Bloomsbury in the Classical Commentaries on Latin and Greek Texts series. Klappentext This edition provides an introduction and commentary (including metrical analysis) to this intriguing 'pro-satyr' play. Zusammenfassung First published in 1954 in OUP's series of commentaries on Euripides' plays, this book remains the only comprehensive edition in English. It provides an introduction and commentary (including metrical analysis) to this intriguing 'pro-satyr' play, based on a Thessalian legend. Classic Commentaries on Latin and Greek Texts : this series reissues in paperback key editions of Latin and Greek authors otherwise unavailable to scholars and students. Also available: Euripides, Cyclops , R. SeafordEuripides, Helen , A.M. DaleEuripides, Ion , A.S. OwenEuripides, Iphigenia in Tauris , M. PlatnauerEuripides, Troades , K.H. Lee Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionI. The TetralogyII. The Legendi. The Alcestis of Phrynichusii. Euripides' Modification of the LegendIII. The Alcestis as a Pro-satyric PlayIV. The Characters and the ActionV. The Texti. The Manuscriptsii. The Scholiaiii. The TestimoniaVI. TestimoniaVII. The HypothesesTextCommentary

Product details

• Authors: A. M. Dale, Euripides
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.1999
• EAN: 9781853995972
• ISBN: 978-1-85399-597-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Bcp Classic Commentaries on Gr; Classic Commentaries; Bcp Classic Commentaries on Gr; BCP Classic Commentaries on Greek and Latin Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights