Pseudo-Euripides, "Rhesus": Edited with Introduction and Commentary

by Almut Fries

Overview

The pseudo-Euripidean Rhesus is the only extant Greek tragedy based on an episode from Homer’s Iliad and a unique witness for the history of the genre in the 4^th century BC. This new edition, with introduction and commentary, discusses textual problems, language, metre and dramaturgy as well as the mythological and literary-historical background of the play. It is an indispensable aid for serious students of the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110342079
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/27/2014
Series:	Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte , #114
Edition description:	Critical ed.
Pages:	534
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A. Fries, University of Oxford.

Editorial Reviews

"There is little to find fault with and much indeed to praise in this fine edition and commentary."
David Kovacs in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.10.29

"This book will be an essential purchase for any library which aims at completeness in Greek drama, and the author is to be warmly congratulated on her completion of so distinguished a work of scholarship."
Colin Leach in: Classics For All (14.01.2019), https://classicsforall.org.uk/book-reviews/pseudo-euripides-rhesus-edited-with-introduction-and-commentary/

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