Choephori. With an introduction and commentary by A.F. Garvie. - Aeschylus

KORTE INHOUD

?Undergraduates and professional scholars alike can be grateful to Garvie for this excellent edition. G.?s virtues as an editor and commentator on Aeschylus are considerable. He is not himself an adventurous textual critic, nor does he offer a particularly novel or distinctive reading of the play. But he has read widely and thought hard, he brings to bear a sober and discriminating judgment, he is open to different opinions and approaches, and, above all, he combines both philological and literary expertise for the elucidation of matters large and small. (?) The first section of the introduction provides a skillful survey of the scattered and often enigmatic evidence for ?The Story before Aeschylus?. (?) In the second section of the introduction (?The Play?), G. begins with a succinct but thorough analysis of the preceding play, incidentally disposing of a number of misleading or untenable interpretations, while providing a coherent and well-balanced preparation for ?Choephori?. (?) Much of the power of ?Ch...
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1987Uitgever: Clarendon Press