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Electra

Sophocles ; edited with introduction and commentary by P.J. Finglass

(Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 44)

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Sophocles : Electra

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Bibliography: p. 556-621

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Description

One of Sophocles' more accomplished dramas, the Electra has always generated a good deal of scholarly debate. This 2007 edition, the first full-scale commentary on any play of Sophocles since the nineteenth century, explores afresh long-standing controversies such as the moral status of the killing of Clytemnestra, while also investigating many subjects which have traditionally attracted less attention, such as the place of rhetoric within the drama, the use of typical scenes, and allusions to epinician poetry. It provides original metrical analyses of the lyrical sections of the play and a revised Greek text. Research on the papyri, mediaeval manuscripts and printed editions has led to a more accurate apparatus criticus than ever before, with many conjectures attributed to their rightful owners.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • SOPHOKLEOUS ELEKTRA
  • Commentary
  • Appendices.

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