Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus. Other Fragments [Hardcover]

Euripides (Author), Christopher Collard (Translator), Martin Cropp (Translator)

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Hardcover: 736 pages
Publisher: Loeb Classical Library; 1 edition (Jan 31 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0674996313
ISBN-13: 978-0674996311
Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.7 x 4.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
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Euripides keeps us on the edge of our seats, whipping up pity, fear, surprise and shock in large doses...The splendid new two-volume Loeb edition of the fragments of Euripides, of which the second volume has just appeared, is a comforting reminder that we actually have fairly substantial knowledge of many Euripidean "lost" plays as well.
--Emily Wilson (Times Literary Supplement )

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Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 BCE survive in a complete form and are included in the first six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further fifty-two tragedies and eleven satyr plays, including a few of disputed authorship, are known from ancient quotations and references and from numerous papyri discovered since 1880. No more than one-fifth of any play is represented, but many can be reconstructed with some accuracy in outline, and many of the fragments are striking in themselves. The extant plays and the fragments together make Euripides by far the best known of the classic Greek tragedians.

This edition of the fragments, concluded in this second volume, offers the first complete English translation together with a selection of testimonia bearing on the content of the plays. The texts are based on the recent comprehensive edition of R. Kannicht. A general Introduction discusses the evidence for the lost plays. Each play is prefaced by a select bibliography and an introductory discussion of its mythical background, plot, and location of the fragments, general character, chronology, and impact on subsequent literary and artistic traditions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars VOL. 2 of the Complete Fragments of Euripides!, Sep 9 2009

By Ryan Kouroukis "In 1882 Richard Wagner said: ... - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus. Other Fragments (Hardcover)

This volume completes the gathering of Euripides' fragments in the new Loeb series (of 2008). Brilliantly presented and translated by Collard and Cropp, this is an indispensible addition to any collector and lover of Ancient Greek drama!

The Table of Contents in this edition is:

- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- 25 PLAYS (O-X) in FRAGMENTS
- Fragments of Unidentified Plays
- Doubtful or Spurious Fragments
- Appendix: Critias or Euripides (4 PLAYS in FRAGMENTS)
- Index of Names and Places
- Index of Narrative and Dramatic Features
- Index of Topics

As always, each play fragment is prefaced by a summary of its content, and has the facing original Greek on the opposite page.

(It would be best to obtain and own both volumes of Euripides' fragments, just not to leave any gaps!)

An invaluable set for those who wish to learn more about that amazing Master of ancient Greek drama...his genius, his craft and his profundity!

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