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Tragic papyri : Aeschylus' "Theoroi", "Hypsipyle", "Laïos", "Prometheus pyrkaeus" and Sophocles' "Inachos"

Title
Tragic papyri : Aeschylus' "Theoroi", "Hypsipyle", "Laïos", "Prometheus pyrkaeus" and Sophocles' "Inachos" / Kyriakos Tsantsanoglou.
Author
Tsantsanoglou, K.
Publication
  • Berlin : De Gruyter, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Aeschylus
  • Sophocles
Description
vi, 334 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm.
Summary
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' Laïos 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.--provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; volume 135
Uniform Title
Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 135.
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Greek drama (Tragedy)
  • Greek drama (Satyr play)
  • Manuscripts (Papyri) > Greece > History > To 1500
  • Manuscripts (Papyri)
  • Greece
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and indexes.
Contents
Theoroi / Aeschylus -- Hypsipyle / Aeschylus -- Laöis / Aeschylus -- Prometheus pyrkaeus / Aeschylus -- Inachos / Inachos.
Call Number
JFE 23-1766
ISBN
  • 9783110796483
  • 3110796481
LCCN
  • 2022939845
  • 9783110796483
OCLC
1337994070
Author
Tsantsanoglou, K., author.
Title
Tragic papyri : Aeschylus' "Theoroi", "Hypsipyle", "Laïos", "Prometheus pyrkaeus" and Sophocles' "Inachos" / Kyriakos Tsantsanoglou.
Publisher
Berlin : De Gruyter, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; volume 135
Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 135.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and indexes.
Chronological Term
To 1500
Added Author
Container of (work): Aeschylus. Prometheus the fire-bearer.
Container of (work): Sophocles. Inachos.
Other Form:
9783110796605 PDF
9783110796698 ePub
Other Standard Identifier
9783110796483
Research Call Number
JFE 23-1766
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