
Hippolytos
Edited by W. S. Barrett
Euripides(Author)
W. S. Barrett(Editor)
Clarendon Press
Published on 12. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
470 pages
978-0-19-814749-7 (ISBN)
Description
Euripides' Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The detailed commentary deals with textual problems in full, but wherever possible the editor has sought to explain the text adopted before discussing the reasons for its adoption. It also includes a close analysis of the lyric metres, and discussion of the play's subject-matter and dramatic context.
The text is based on new collations of the medieval manuscripts (two of them hitherto uncollated) and on all known papyri. The Introduction contains a reappraisal, in the light of the evidence of the papyri, of the history of the text in antiquity, and advances a new account of the relationship between the medieval manuscripts. There is also a full discussion of the early history of the legend and of the two lost tragedies on the same theme.
The text is based on new collations of the medieval manuscripts (two of them hitherto uncollated) and on all known papyri. The Introduction contains a reappraisal, in the light of the evidence of the papyri, of the history of the text in antiquity, and advances a new account of the relationship between the medieval manuscripts. There is also a full discussion of the early history of the legend and of the two lost tragedies on the same theme.
Reviews / Votes
`profoundly learned and supremely intelligent book ... a truly great achievement'Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Journal of Hellenic Studies `This book ... deserves the careful attention of everyone seriously interested in Greek literature.'
Journal of Hellenic Studies 'celebrated edition ... I can think of no better advertisement for this type of scholarship which may be unfashionable but still has so much to offer.'
Greece & Rome, April 1993
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 line illustration
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
661 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-814749-7 (9780198147497)
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University Reader in Greek Literature from 1966 to 1981, and Honorary FellowUniversity Reader in Greek Literature from 1966 to 1981, and Honorary Fellow, Keble College, Oxford