Euripides' Alcestis
By: with notes and commentary by C.A.E. Lushnig and H.M. Roisman.
Contributors: Luschnig, C. A. E.; Roisman, Hanna.
Series: Oklahoma series in classical culture ;
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Alcestis (Greek mythology) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: "Euripides' Alcestic - perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama - is an ideal test for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions are too advanced or too elementary for intermediate students of the language, but in this new student edition, C. A. E. Luschnig and H. M. Roisman remedy such deficiencies." "The introductory section of this edition provides historical and literary perspective; the commentary explains points of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, as well as elucidating background features such as dramatic conventions and mythology; and a discussion section introduces the controversies surrounding this most elusive drama. In their presentation, Luschnig and Roisman have initiated a new method for introducing students to current scholarship." "This edition also includes a glossary, an index, a bibliography, and grammatical reviews designed specifically for students of Greek language and culture in their second year of university study or third year of high school"--Book jacket.
Notes: Text in Greek; commentary in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.