Euripidea / / by David Kovacs.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 132
• Author: Kovacs, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English; Greek
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 132.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages)
• Notes: English and Greek.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Testimonia Vitae et Artis Selecta /; Textual Discussions /; Bibliography /; Indices /; Supplements to Mnemosyne.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004329374
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by David Kovacs.

Euripidea contains material to supplement Volume One of the author's Loeb Euripides. It consists of two parts, Testimonia Vitae et Artis Selecta and Textual Discussions. The Testimonia, ancient notices about the life of Euripides and his career as a tragic poet, are printed together for the first time, together with a facing English translation. The Loeb Introduction examines this material critically. Equipped with this body of evidence, students of Greek tragedy and of ancient biography will be able to assess for themselves the reliability of the biographical tradition, in which, the author argues, too much confidence has been placed by interpreters of the plays. The Textual Discussions explain places in the plays of Volume One, Cyclops, Alcestis and Medea , where the text adopted by the editor calls for comment.