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Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis: Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes
Christopher Collard
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Description for Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis: Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes
Paperback. First English edition with commentary on one of Euripides' finest texts for 125 years, comprising two volumes sold together as a set (Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes). Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
'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 ... Read more
'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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911226475
SKU
V9781911226475
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About Christopher Collard
Christopher Collard, Emeritus Professor of Classics, The Queen's College, Oxford, was formerly Professor of Classics at the University of Swansea until 1996. He has published widely on tragedy and Euripides in particular. 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) and ... Read more
Reviews for Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis: Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes
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