Euripides: Alcestis

Informationen zum Autor Euripides was born near Athens between 485 and 480 BC. His first play was presented in 455 BC and he wrote some hundred altogether of which nineteen survive - a greater number than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles combined - and which include Alkestis , Medea , Bacchae , Hippolytos, Ion and Iphigenia at Aulis . He died in 406 BC. Klappentext 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 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 Preface Introduction I. The Tetralogy II. The Legend i. The Alcestis of Phrynichus ii. Euripides' Modification of the Legend III. The Alcestis as a Pro-satyric Play IV. The Characters and the Action V. The Text i. The Manuscripts ii. The Scholia iii. The Testimonia VI. Testimonia VII. The Hypotheses Text Commentary ...

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