Sophocles: Trachiniae
Part of Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Real Author: Sophocles
- Editor: P. E. Easterling
- Date Published: October 1982
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521287760
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Sophocles' Trachiniae is, in the editor's words, 'a subtle and sophisticated play about primitive emotions'. It is also a play which presents problems to a modern audience. Making full use of recent Sphoclean scholarship, Mrs Easterling attempts in her Introduction a detailed literary analysis of Trachiniae, helping the reader to understand better its intricate structure, the treatment of Deianira and Heracles, and the meaning of the final scenes. The notes in the Commentary of grammar, syntax and style include material which will be helpful to comparative beginners in the language, but the commentary as a whole is intended for anyone with a close interest in Greek tragedy. This is an edition for classical scholars, undergraduates, and students in the upper forms of schools. The Introduction is designed to be of use to readers who do not know Greek, as well as to specialists.
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'Mrs Easterling has written a work which is marked by tact, clarity and balanced judgement. It is an edition which could be profitably consulted at different levels, but it should be particularly helpful to students.' The Joint Association of Classical Teachers Bulletin
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- Date Published: October 1982
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521287760
- length: 272 pages
- dimensions: 203 x 127 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.32kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The play
2. Stage action
3. The myth
4. The date
Trachiniae
Commentary
Appendices
Glossary of metrical terms
Indexes
Map of Trachis and the Malian Gulf.
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