Euripides' Alcestis

Euripides, C. A. E. Luschnig, Hanna M. Roisman

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Oklahoma University Press
01 September 2003

Language: reference & general; Plays & playscripts; Ancient Greek

Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture

"Euripides' Alcestis - perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama--is an ideal text for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions are too advanced or too elementary for intermediate students of the language, but in their new student edition, C. A. E. Luschnig and H. M. Roisman remedy such deficiencies.

The introductory section of this edition provides historical and literary perspective; the commentary explains points of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, as well as elucidating background features such as dramatic conventions and mythology; and a discussion section introduces the controversies surrounding this most elusive drama. In their presentation, Luschnig and Roisman have initiated a new method for introducing students to current scholarship.

This edition also includes a glossary, an index, a bibliography, and grammatical reviews designed specifically for students of Greek language and culture in their second year of university study or third year of high school. Luschnig and Roisman, who have published numerous articles and books on Greek literature, bring to this volume decades of experience teaching classical Greek.

""""General readers could well benefit from using this book, as it contains valuable literary discussion and explication of the conventions of Greek drama."""" - Daniel H.

Garrison, author of Sexual Culture in Ancient Greece

C. A. E. Luschnig, Professor of Classics at the University of Idaho in Moscow, is the author of An Introduction to Ancient Greek and The Gorgon's Severed Head: Studies in Euripides' Alcestis, Electra, and Phoenissae. H. M. Roisman, Professor of Classics at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, is the author of Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy and Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus."

By: Euripides
Commentaries by: C. A. E. Luschnig, Hanna M. Roisman
Imprint: Oklahoma University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No. 29
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 418g
ISBN: 9780806135748
ISBN 10: 0806135743
Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 September 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Euripides' Alcestis

"""General readers could well benefit from using this book, as it contains valuable literary discussion and explication of the conventions of Greek drama."""