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Description:18 of the 90 or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 & 406 bce survive in a complete form & are included in the preceding six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further 52 tragedies & 11 satyr plays, including a few of disputed authorship, are known from ancient quotations & references & from numerous papyri discovered since 1880. No more than 1/5th of any play is represented, but many can be reconstructed with some accuracy in outline, & many of the fragments are striking in themselves. The extant plays & the fragments together make Euripides by far the best known of the classic Greek tragedians. This edition, in a projected two volumes, offers the 1st complete English translation of the fragments together with a selection of testimonia bearing on the content of the plays. The texts are based on the recent comprehensive edition of R. Kannicht. A general Introduction discusses the evidence for the lost plays. Each play is prefaced by a select bibliography & an introductory discussion of its mythical background, plot, & location of the fragments, general character, chronology, & impact on subsequent literary & artistic traditions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Euripides, Vol VII: Fragments, Aegeus-Meleager. To get started finding Euripides, Vol VII: Fragments, Aegeus-Meleager, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 18 of the 90 or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 & 406 bce survive in a complete form & are included in the preceding six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further 52 tragedies & 11 satyr plays, including a few of disputed authorship, are known from ancient quotations & references & from numerous papyri discovered since 1880. No more than 1/5th of any play is represented, but many can be reconstructed with some accuracy in outline, & many of the fragments are striking in themselves. The extant plays & the fragments together make Euripides by far the best known of the classic Greek tragedians. This edition, in a projected two volumes, offers the 1st complete English translation of the fragments together with a selection of testimonia bearing on the content of the plays. The texts are based on the recent comprehensive edition of R. Kannicht. A general Introduction discusses the evidence for the lost plays. Each play is prefaced by a select bibliography & an introductory discussion of its mythical background, plot, & location of the fragments, general character, chronology, & impact on subsequent literary & artistic traditions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Euripides, Vol VII: Fragments, Aegeus-Meleager. To get started finding Euripides, Vol VII: Fragments, Aegeus-Meleager, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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