Alcestis
Alcestis
Published on 23. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
174 pages
978-1-85399-597-2 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1954 in OUP's series of commentaries on Euripides' plays, this edition provides an introduction and commentary (including metrical analysis) to this intriguing 'pro-satyr' play.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-597-2 (9781853995972)
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Persons
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.
Content
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