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Sir Richard Jebb (1841 1905) was the most distinguished classicist
of his generation, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and
University Orator, subsequently Professor of Greek at Glasgow
University and finally Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, and
a Member of Parliament for the University. At his death, his
planned volumes of the fragments of Sophocles, which would complete
his edition of the complete plays and fragments, were not ready for
publication, and the final editing of these three volumes was
undertaken by W. G. Headlam and A. C. Pearson; the books were
published in 1917. The first volume contains a general
introduction; Volumes 1 and 2 present the text of the fragments and
a commentary, and the final volume consists of addenda and
corrigenda, spurious fragments and two indices. The plays are
presented in Greek alphabetical order: Volume 1 contains fragments
of plays from 'Athamas' to 'Ichneutae'.
Sir Richard Jebb (1841 1905) was the most distinguished classicist
of his generation, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and
University Orator, subsequently Professor of Greek at Glasgow
University and finally Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, and
a Member of Parliament for the University. At his death, his
planned volumes of the fragments of Sophocles, which would complete
his edition of the complete plays and fragments, were not ready for
publication, and the final editing of these three volumes was
undertaken by W. G. Headlam and A. C. Pearson; the books were
published in 1917. The first volume contains a general
introduction; Volumes 1 and 2 present the text of the fragments and
a commentary, and the final volume consists of addenda and
corrigenda, spurious fragments and two indices. The plays are
presented in Greek alphabetical order: Volume 2 contains fragments
of plays from 'Ion' to 'Chryses'.
Sir Richard Jebb (1841 1905) was the most distinguished classicist
of his generation, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and
University Orator, subsequently Professor of Greek at Glasgow
University and finally Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, and
a Member of Parliament for the University. At his death, his
planned volumes of the fragments of Sophocles, which would complete
his edition of the complete plays and fragments, were not ready for
publication, and the final editing of these three volumes was
undertaken by W. G. Headlam and A. C. Pearson; the books were
published in 1917. This final volume contains addenda and
corrigenda, fragments of uncertain plays, doubtful and spurious
fragments, and two indices.
Published posthumously in 1910, this is the last great work of the
eminent classical scholar Walter Headlam (1866 1908), who devoted
most of his short life to the study of Aeschylus. On Headlam's
death, Alfred Pearson was commissioned to finish the project, and
the care and precision of both scholars are evident in this
well-edited text. Pearson added a commentary and explanatory notes
to Headlam's translation and introduction, both of which were
nearly complete when the author died. The text is set out with the
English translation facing the original Greek, making them easy to
compare. The substantial introduction includes background about the
House of Atreus as well as a detailed plot summary, a discussion of
the moral and religious content of the play and a description of
the characters. Pearson's commentary and notes are equally
comprehensive and informative.
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