Euripides

Iphigenia in Tauris
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-955009-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 904 g

Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris is the tale of how two children of Agamemnon whose lives have been blighted in youth are brought together for mutual salvation and for the healing of the calamitous house of Pelops. Aristotle makes more complimentary references to the play than any other Attic tragedy, apart from Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and even less favourable critics recognize the extraordinary skill of its construction.

Comprising an introduction, the Greek text, and commentary, this volume is designed to be useful to a wide range of readers, facilitating a close and accurate reading of one of Euripides' more frequently studied plays. The introduction explores earlier and later re-interpretations of the story of Iphigenia, the adoption of narrative motifs in New Comedy, Roman comedy, and the ancient novel, differing critical assessments, and more technical information on metre and textual transmission. The commentary features guidance on vocabulary and syntax, while more advanced material, including textual discussion, is included in parenthesis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, L. P. E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Abbreviations

- Introduction

- Iphigenia in Cult

- Iphigenia before Euripides

- Euripides and Iphigenia

- Iphigenia after Euripides

- Iphigenia and the Critics

- The Date of Iphigenia in Tauris

- The Metres of Iphigenia in Tauris

- Transmission of the Text

- Manuscripts and Sigla

- Papyri

- Metrical Symbols

- The Hypothesis

- The Characters

- Text

- Commentary

- Editions: A Select List

- Select Bibliography

- Indexes to the Commentary

- I. English

- II. Greek

Über Autor(innen)

L. P. E. Parker is Emeritus Fellow at St. Hugh's College, Oxford.