Hippolytos

Euripides (Edited with Introduction and Commentary by W. S. Barrett)

ISBN 10: 019814749X / ISBN 13: 9780198147497

Published by Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001

Wrappers. Turquoise colored spine and rear cover, illutrated turquoise colored front cover are all clean and glossy. Book has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the outside corners. Binding is straight and tight. Very small "OUP" stamp on the lower edge of the textblock - pages are otherwise clean, white, and crisp. 453 pages (151 pages, with an additional 302 pages of commentary) Text of the play is presented in only the Greek. Commentary is in the English. Seller Inventory # 007831

Synopsis:

Euripides' Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The text is based upon new collations of the medieval manuscripts (two of them hitherto uncollated) and on all known papyri. The introduction contains a significant reappraisal, in light of the evidences of papyri, of the history of the text in antiquity, and advances a new account of the relationship between the medieval manuscripts. There is also a full discussion of the earlier history of the legend and of two of the lost tragedies on the same theme.

About the Author: Euripides (c. 480-406 BCE) was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens. W. S. Barrett is at Keble College, Oxford.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hippolytos
Publisher: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, Oxford
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: NF
Edition: Reprint.