Trachiniae by Sophocles
A scholarly edition of Trachiniae by Sophocles. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
'The discussion of individual passages is often excellent.. Davies's impressive grasp of bibliography makes this book a valuable reference work. No reader of the Trachiniae ... will leave this work without gratitude for its broad reading and deep scholarship.' E. Christian Kopff, University of Colorado, Boulder, American Journal of Philology 114 (1993)
'a thorough, rigorous piece of hard-headed philology ... To read even a few pages of Davies is an excellent sharpening of one's senses on the details of Sophocles' Greek ... Davies' thoroughness, incisiveness, and well-arranged learning make his commentary indispensable for serious research on the play and a real education in poetic Greek. And readers who follow another commentary should consult Davies now and then if they think they know it all.' Philip Holt, University of Wyoming, The Classical Outlook, Summer 1993
'Davies' documentary offers valuable scholarly resource to those working on the Trachiniae ... The commentary also offers many valuable observations on grammatical, stylistic, and rhetorical issues, with much useful citation of relevant bibliography. Thomas K. Hubbard, University of Texas, Classical World
Davies' commentary is an important work of scholarship, whose genesis in a series of Oxford textual criticism seminars has given iti its particular savour...There is an impressive display of scholarly acuity in this book...its tsrngth is the high degree of nuance it brings to the discussion of textual prblems * The Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 *
'a thorough, rigorous piece of hard-headed philology ... To read even a few pages of Davies is an excellent sharpening of one's senses on the details of Sophocles' Greek ... Davies' thoroughness, incisiveness, and well-arranged learning make his commentary indispensable for serious research on the play and a real education in poetic Greek. And readers who follow another commentary should consult Davies now and then if they think they know it all.' Philip Holt, University of Wyoming, The Classical Outlook, Summer 1993
'Davies' documentary offers valuable scholarly resource to those working on the Trachiniae ... The commentary also offers many valuable observations on grammatical, stylistic, and rhetorical issues, with much useful citation of relevant bibliography. Thomas K. Hubbard, University of Texas, Classical World
Davies' commentary is an important work of scholarship, whose genesis in a series of Oxford textual criticism seminars has given iti its particular savour...There is an impressive display of scholarly acuity in this book...its tsrngth is the high degree of nuance it brings to the discussion of textual prblems * The Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198148999 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198148992 |
| Title | Trachiniae |
| Author | Sophocles |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 330 |
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