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Euripidou Hekabe, Orestes, Phoenissae Kai Medea: Quatuor Ex Euripidis Tragoediis, Ad Fidem Manuscriptorum Emendatae, Et Notis Instructae
Contributor(s): Porson, Richard (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0511710402     ISBN-13: 9780511710407
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Open Ebook - See All Available Formats & Editions
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Published: February 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- History | Ancient - General
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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Publisher Description:
This edition by Richard Porson (1759-1808) of Euripides' plays was published posthumously in 1820. It contains the Greek text of Euripides' four most popular plays: Hecuba, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and Medea, which had previously been published as individual titles. Each play is preceded by a list of manuscript witnesses and accompanied by a running Latin commentary, containing detailed text-critical, exegetical and philological notes. The volume is introduced by a Latin preface and supplement which expound Porson's theories on the metrical rules followed by Attic poets. Porson explains how he used these theories as a tool to make judgements between variant readings. These critical texts on the tragedies have been widely used by students of classical Greek tragedy and a number of English translations have been based on his reconstructed text. Porson's commentaries have been used by many generations of classical students in both Latin and English translation.
 
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