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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814865203321

Autore

Fitch John G

Titolo

Annaeana tragica [[electronic resource] ] : notes on the text of Seneca's tragedies / / by John G. Fitch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2004

ISBN

1-280-91547-1

9786610915477

90-474-0600-1

1-4294-0850-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, , 0169-8958 ; ; 256

Disciplina

872/.01

Soggetti

Mythology, Classical, in literature

Tragedy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-283) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / John G. Fitch -- INTRODUCTION / John G. Fitch -- HERCULES / John G. Fitch -- TROADES / John G. Fitch -- PHOENISSAE / John G. Fitch -- MEDEA / John G. Fitch -- PHAEDRA / John G. Fitch -- OEDIPUS / John G. Fitch -- AGAMEMNON / John G. Fitch -- THYESTES / John G. Fitch -- [SENECA], HERCULES OETAEUS / John G. Fitch -- [SENECA], OCTAVIA / John G. Fitch -- THE COLOMETRY OF THE ANAPAESTS / John G. Fitch -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED / John G. Fitch -- INDEX OF LATIN WORDS / John G. Fitch -- GENERAL INDEX / John G. Fitch -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE / H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , D.M. Schenkeveld , P.H. Schrijvers and S.R. Slings.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a companion to the author's new Loeb edition of Seneca's tragedies (vol. 1, 2002; volume 2, 2004). It offers reasons for his editorial choices, and explains his interpretations of the text as reflected in his translation. Hercules Oetanus and Octavia , now generally regarded as imitations of Senecan drama, are both included. The volume is intended to be read alongside Otto Zwierlein's Kritische Kommentar , published in 1986. In the intervening years there has been much new work pertaining to Seneca's text, including full-scale



editions with commentary on individual plays, such as Keulen's Troades , Töchterle's Oedipus and Ferri's Octavia . Annaeana Tragica seeks to supplement and advance Zwierlein's work in the light of this new material. An appendix reviews the scholarly controversy concerning the anapaestic odes of these plays, and offers fresh evidence relevant to the issue.