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Informationen zum Autor Sophocles (496-406 BC) was one of the three great tragic playwrights of ancient Greece; he wrote 123 plays during a career of 60 years and was still writing at the age of 90. Only seven tragedies survive, of which the most famous is Oedipus Rex . Klappentext Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905), Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era. His editions of Sophocles' plays appeared between 1883 and 1896. They are distinguished by the sensitivity of Jebb's literary and dramatic interpretations, and the neat translation facing the Greek text. They have had a profound influence on subsequent Sophoclean scholarship. All seven plays of Sophocles in their full editions by Jebb are being reissued in this series. They have occasionally been reprinted but never before in affordable paperback versions. In this new edition, each volume contains, in addition to Jebb's text, a General Introduction by P.E. Easterling, concerned with Jebb and his contribution to Sophoclean scholarship, and an Introduction by a noted Sophoclean scholar dealing with Jebb's treatment of the individual play and its value for - and contrast with - subsequent interpretations, for which a select bibliography is included. Vorwort This is one of seven Jebb translations of Sophocles now in affordable paperback, including an expert introduction and a select bibliography Zusammenfassung Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905), Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era. His editions of Sophocles’ plays appeared between 1883 and 1896. They are distinguished by the sensitivity of Jebb’s literary and dramatic interpretations, and the neat translation facing the Greek text. They have had a profound influence on subsequent Sophoclean scholarship.All seven plays of Sophocles in their full editions by Jebb are being reissued in this series. They have occasionally been reprinted but never before in affordable paperback versions. In this new edition, each volume contains, in addition to Jebb’s text, a General Introduction by P.E. Easterling, concerned with Jebb and his contribution to Sophoclean scholarship, and an Introduction by a noted Sophoclean scholar dealing with Jebb’s treatment of the individual play and its value for – and contrast with – subsequent interpretations, for which a select bibliography is included. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction, P.E. Easterling Ajax: Introduction, Peter Wilson R.C. Jebb: Prefaratory Note INTRODUCTION § I. The Ajax of the Iliad. § 2. Cyclic epics. The Aethiopis. § 3. The Little Ilz'ad. § 4. Ajax and the Aeacidae. Legend that Ajax was invulnerable. § 5. The Ajax-trilogy of Aeschylus. (i) q01r.\.wv Kpluts. § 6. (ii) ®pvuuat. § 7. (iii) "i,aA.aplvtat. § 8. The Afax of Sophocles. Analysis. § 9. Dramatic unity of the play. § Io. The veto on the burial. § u. The issue thus raised. § I 2. The successive moods of Ajax. His speech in verses 646-692. § I3. His imprecation upon the Greeks. § 14. The divine judgment. Athena. § IS. Odysseus. § I6. Teucer. His scenes with the Atreidae. Modern criticism on this part of the play. § I7. Tecmessa. The Chorus. § I8. The Teucer of Sophocles. His Eurysaces. § I9. The story of Ajax in later literature. § 20. Illustrations from ancient Art. § 2I. Evidence for the date of the play. § 22. The title. MANUSCRIPTS, EDITIONS, ETC. . §§ r, 2. MSS. § 3. Scholia. § 4. The state of the text. Lacunae. Proposed transpositions. Interpolations. § S. Editions. METRICAL ANALYSIS . ANCIENT ARGUMENT TO THE PLAY; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; STRUCTURE TEXT APPENDIX INDICES ...
