Pseudo-Euripides, "Rhesus": Edited with Introduction and Commentary
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 4th 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.

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Pseudo-Euripides, "Rhesus": Edited with Introduction and Commentary
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 4th 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.

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Pseudo-Euripides,

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

by Almut Fries
Pseudo-Euripides,

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

by Almut Fries

Hardcover(Critical ed.)

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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 4th 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.

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