Rhesus Attributed to Euripides

Full edition of the only complete poetic text from the fourth century BC, emphasising its intertextual engagement with its models.

List of contents

Introduction; Text; Commentary; Bibliography;

About the author

MARCO FANTUZZI is a Professor of Classics at the University of Roehampton, London. His publications include Bionis Smyrnaei Adonidis epitaphium (1985), Ricerche su Apollonio Rodio (1988), Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (Cambridge 2004; with R. Hunter) and Achilles in Love (2012). He co-edited (with R. Pretagostini) Struttura e storia dell'esametro greco (1995-1996), (with T. Papanghelis) Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral (2006) and (with C. Tsagalis) The Greek Epic Cycle and Its Ancient Reception: A Companion (Cambridge 2015).

Summary

Full scholarly edition of the only complete poetic text from the fourth century BC, which bridges the classical age of tragedy and Hellenistic poetry and is a tragi-comic play paralleling the comic-tragic plays of Menander. Emphasises its intertextual engagement with its models and attempts to break free of them.

Product details

• Authors: Marco (Roehampton University Fantuzzi
• Assisted by: Marco Fantuzzi (Editor), Marco (Roehampton University Fantuzzi (Editor), Fantuzzi Marco (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781107629349
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62934-9
• No. of pages: 719
• Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Literary theory, Literary reference works, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: plays and playwrights