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Overview'Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis' comprises two volumes (Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes), which are sold together as a set. This is the first English edition with complete commentary of the play since 1891, and there has been only one other substantial such work in any language (W. Stockert, in German, Vienna 1992). The reasons for this remarkable lack lie chiefly in the unusual circumstances of the play's composition and early history. Euripides died before completing it and it was prepared for its first performance in or about 405 BC by his son or nephew. In the century and more after that other hands intervened, the last in very late antiquity. Since the 18th Century scholars have disagreed greatly in identifying how much of the surviving text may stem from Euripides' own hand or his original conception, and how much may be 'inauthentic'; whatever the facts, the Iphigenia has received frequent and very successful production in recent years. The play's quality was rewarded at its first performance, with first prize in a dramatic competition. Scholars have written a stream of mostly brief general appreciations; but this edition with translation and commentary wishes to recognise that the play for the most part shows Euripides at his finest. It is therefore deliberately wide in its aim, at readers who have no Greek at all, at students in schools and universities who have some Greek, and at their teachers and professional scholars; its Introduction and the most important parts of the commentary are accessible to all, while notes particularly on the Greek of the poetic text and its problems are kept separate. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Euripides , Christopher Collard , James Morwood (Wadham College (United Kingdom))Publisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Aris & Phillips Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 21.00cm ISBN: 9781911226475ISBN 10: 1911226479 Pages: 656 Publication Date: 24 March 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsVOLUME 1 General Editor's Foreword Dedication Preface Introduction Preliminary The Myth Human and Animal Sacrifice Sacrifice before Marriage The Political Context Panhellenism Dramatis Personae Iphigenia Off-stage – the Army The Chorus Themes and Motifs: Looking; a Sense of Shame; Fortune, Chance and Necessity; Glory Early Performance and Later Reception Metre Text Bibliography Abbreviations Note on the Greek Text and Critical Apparatus Greek Text, Apparatus and Translation VOLUME 2 Commentary Corrigenda and Addenda Indexes to Volumes 1 and 2ReviewsThe thoroughness of the editors' work is manifest (and laudable) throughout, with 'much discussion of plot, characters and dramaturgy'...This has been a labour of love (and on a Heraclean scale) for the editors, who deserve our thanks and congratulations. Colin Leach, Classics for All The thoroughness of the editors' work is manifest (and laudable) throughout, with `much discussion of plot, characters and dramaturgy'...This has been a labour of love (and on a Heraclean scale) for the editors, who deserve our thanks and congratulations.Colin Leach, Classics for All Reviews 'The thoroughness of the editors' work is manifest (and laudable) throughout, with 'much discussion of plot, characters and dramaturgy'...This has been a labour of love (and on a Heraclean scale) for the editors, who deserve our thanks and congratulations.' Colin Leach, Classics for All 'This edition is an admirable achievement and will be required reading for anyone interested in this Greek tragedy.' George Kovacs, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationChristopher Collard was Professor of Classics at the University of Swansea until 1996 and has published widely on tragedy and scholars of tragedy. His work includes editions with commentary of Euripides, Suppliant Women (1975, 1984) and Hecuba (1991), and he is co-editor of Selected Fragmentary Plays of Euripides (1995, 2004). James Morwood is Dean of Wadham College, Oxford, translator of eleven of Euripides' plays in the World Classics Series, author of numerous Greek and Latin language books and of The Life and Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1985). James Morwood is Dean of Wadham College, Oxford, translator of eleven of Euripides' plays in the World Classics Series, author of numerous Greek and Latin language books and of The Life and Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1985). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |