ARISTOPHANES: FROGS Edited with Introduction and Commentary

Aristophanes; Kenneth James Dover (Ed. )

ISBN 10: 0198147732 / ISBN 13: 9780198147732

Published by Oxford Clarendon Press, 1993

About this Item

Corners a bit rounded. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on Classical Greek attitudes toward tragedy and literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, and the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate. At the same time, its most problematic passages have been the subject, in recent years, of more scholarly articles than those of any other Greek play. In this introduction, edition, and commentary, Sir Kenneth Dover presents the relevant data, arguments, and considerations as fully as can reasonably be done in one volume. ; 9 x 1 x 6 Inches; 398 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ARISTOPHANES: FROGS Edited with Introduction and Commentary
• Publisher: Oxford Clarendon Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198147732
• ISBN 13: 9780198147732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Greek Literature
  • Classical Studies

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Synopsis

Among extant Greek comedies, the "Frogs" is unique for the light it throws on Classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, and the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate. At the same time, its most problematic passages have been the subject, in recent years, of more scholarly articles than those of any other Greek play. In this introduction, edition, and commentary, Sir Kenneth Dover presents the relevant data, arguments, and considerations as fully as can reasonably be done in one volume. The book should be of interest to scholars and students of Classical (Greek) literature.

Review

The Commentary is admirably suited to being read alongside the text. The MSS are described in an Olynmpian treatment of the history of the text with a thoroughness not encountered before ... A commentary of characteristic brilliance. (A.M. Bowie, Queen's College, Oxford, The Classical Review, XLV, 2, '95)