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Phoenissae

Phoenissae( )
Author: Eurípides,
Editor: Mastronarde, Donald J.
Contribution by: Diggle, James
Hopkinson, Neil
Powell, Jonathan
Reeve, Michael
Sedley, David
Tarrant, Richard
Series title:Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-60446-8
Publication Date:May 2004
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $127.00
Book Description:

This volume provides a thorough philological and dramatic commentary on Euripides' Phoenissae, the first detailed commentary in English since 1911. An introduction surveys the play, its possible date, features of the original production, the background of Theban myth, the general problem of interpolation, and the textual tradition.

Book Details
Pages:684
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.499 x 8.424 x 1.482 Inches
Book Weight:2 Pounds
Author Biography
Eurípides (Author)
Euripides was born in Attica, Greece probably in 480 B.C. He was the youngest of the three principal fifth-century tragic poets. In his youth he cultivated gymnastic pursuits and studied philosophy and rhetoric. Soon after he received recognition for a play that he had written, Euripides left Athens for the court of Archelaus, king of Macedonia.

Fragments of about fifty-five plays survive. Among his best-known plays are Alcestis, Medea and Philoctetes, Electra, Iphigenia in Tauris, The Trojan Women, and Iphigenia in Aulis Iphigenia. He died in Athens in 406 B.C.

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