Tragic Papyri : : Aeschylus' ›Theoroi‹, ›Hypsipyle‹, ›Laïos‹, ›Prometheus Pyrkaeus‹ and Sophocles' ›Inachos‹ / / Kyriakos Tsantsanoglou.
With concern to Greek literature and particularly to 5th c. BCE tragic production, papyri provide us usually with not only the most ancient attestation but also the most reliable one. Much more so when the papyri are the only or the main witnesses of the tragic plays. The misfortune is that the papy...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ,
135 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (IX, 334 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Aeschylus Theoroi or Isthmiastai -- 2 Aeschylus Hypsipyle? -- 3 Aeschylus’ Laïos -- 4 Aeschylus’ Prometheus Pyrkaeus -- 5 Sophocles’ Inachos -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Greek Index |
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Summary: | With concern to Greek literature and particularly to 5th c. BCE tragic production, papyri provide us usually with not only the most ancient attestation but also the most reliable one. Much more so when the papyri are the only or the main witnesses of the tragic plays. The misfortune is that the papyri transmit texts incomplete, fragmentary, and almost always anonymous. It is the scholar’s task to read, supplement, interpret and identify the particular texts. In this book, five Greek plays that survived fragmentarily in papyri are published, four by Aeschylus and one by Sophocles. Three of them are satyr plays: Aeschylus’ Theoroi, Hypsipyle, and Prometheus Pyrkaeus; Sophocles’ Inachos belongs to the genre we use to call ‘prosatyric’; Aeschylus’ Laïos is a typical tragedy. The author’s scope was, after each text’s identification was secured as regards the poet and the play’s title, to proceed to textual and interpretative observations that contributed to reconstructing in whole or in part the storyline of the relevant plays. These observations often led to unexpected conclusions and an overthrow of established opinions. Thus, the book will appeal to classical scholars, especially those interested in theatrical studies. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110796605 9783110766820 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110992915 9783110992878 |
ISSN: | 1868-4785 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110796605 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kyriakos Tsantsanoglou. |