An Enquiry into the Transmission of the Plays of Euripides

by G. Zuntz

Overview

Originally published in 1965, this book is concerned with the process through which the plays of Euripides were transmitted across seventeen centuries and finally copied into late Byzantine manuscripts. Based upon earlier observations made by Alexander Turyn in The Byzantine Manuscript Tradition of the Tragedies of Euripides, the text contains rigorous analysis of the Euripidean manuscripts together with images from them. This is a highly informative book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Euripides and manuscript history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521205894
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/30/2011
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Select bibliography; Introduction; Part I. The Relationship between L and P: 1. The state of the question; 2. Triclinius' metrical marginalia reproduced in P; 3. P, in the Alphabetic Plays, a copy of L; Part II. The Work of Triclinius in L and its Effects upon P: 1. The problem; 2. Metrica; 3. Triclinius' dealings with the text in L and their effects upon P; Part III. The Character and Origin of MSS. L and P: 1. Characterization of MS. L; 2. Characterization of MS. P; 3. On the hypothesis in L and P; 4. Hypothesis and the text of Rhesus; 5. The text of the triad in L and P; 6. The origins of MSS. L and P; Part IV. Results and Analogies: 1. Triclinius the critic; 2. Triclinian analogies; 3. A specimen: Helena, 625–97; Part V. The Helena Papyrus: 1. Transcript; 2. Reconstruction of the papyrus; 3. Comment on the reconstruction of π; 4. The alternation of speakers; 5. From archetype to original; 6. The original text of Helena 630 ff.; Part VI. Main Stages of the Transmission: 1. The text in antiquity; 2. The text in the Middle Ages; 3. From Thessalonica to Florence; Addendum; Indices.