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Tragic Papyri - Aeschylus' >Theoroi<, >Hypsipyle<, >Laios<, >Prometheus Pyrkaeus< and Sophocles' >Inachos< (Hardcover)
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Tragic Papyri - Aeschylus' >Theoroi<, >Hypsipyle<, >Laios<, >Prometheus Pyrkaeus< and Sophocles' >Inachos< (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
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With concern to Greek literature and particularly to 5th c. BCE
tragic production, papyri provide us usually with not only the most
ancient attestation but also the most reliable one. Much more so
when the papyri are the only or the main witnesses of the tragic
plays. The misfortune is that the papyri transmit texts incomplete,
fragmentary, and almost always anonymous. It is the scholar's task
to read, supplement, interpret and identify the particular texts.
In this book, five Greek plays that survived fragmentarily in
papyri are published, four by Aeschylus and one by Sophocles. Three
of them are satyr plays: Aeschylus' Theoroi, Hypsipyle, and
Prometheus Pyrkaeus; Sophocles' Inachos belongs to the genre we use
to call 'prosatyric'; Aeschylus' Laios is a typical tragedy. The
author's scope was, after each text's identification was secured as
regards the poet and the play's title, to proceed to textual and
interpretative observations that contributed to reconstructing in
whole or in part the storyline of the relevant plays. These
observations often led to unexpected conclusions and an overthrow
of established opinions. Thus, the book will appeal to classical
scholars, especially those interested in theatrical studies.
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