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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitch, John G.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 256.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Tragedies.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D--Criticism, Textual.

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

1-280-91547-1

9786610915477

90-474-0600-1

1-4294-0850-2

OCLC:

191952655

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047406006 DOI