Euripides Alcestis

With Introduction and Commentary

L. P. E. Parker (Emeritus Fellow, St Hugh's College, Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
01 February 2007

Plays & playscripts; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Ancient Greek

Alcestis is one of Euripides' richest and most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. But, apart from D. J. Conacher's student text, no annotated edition in English has appeared for more than fifty years. The present work is designed to aid close reading and to serve as an introduction to the serious study of the play in its various aspects. The introduction covers the background to the story in myth and folktale, its treatment by other writers from antiquity to the present, the critical reception of Euripides' play, and its textual transmission and metres. The notes are designed in particular to help readers who have been learning Greek for a relatively short time. More advanced matter, such as discussion of textual problems, is placed in square brackets at the end of the note.

Edited by: L. P. E. Parker (Emeritus Fellow St Hugh's College Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199254675
ISBN 10: 0199254672
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 February 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Sources for the text Symbols used in the apparatus Metrical symbols and abbreviations The hypotheses The characters Text Commentary Editions: a select list Select bibliography Indexes

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