Euripides' Electra

by Roisman, H. M.; Luschnig, C. A. E.

• ISBN13: 9780806141190
• ISBN10: 0806141190
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-15
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

Among the best-known Greek tragedies, Electra is also one of the plays students of Greek often read in the original language. It tells the story of how Electra and her brother, Orestes, avenge the murder of their father, Agamemnon, by their mother and her lover. H. M. Roisman and C. A. E. Luschnig have developed a new edition of this seminal tragedy designed for twenty-first-century classrooms. Included with the Greek text are a useful introduction, line-by-line commentary, and other materials in English, all intended to support intermediate and advanced undergraduate students.

Author Biography

H.M. Roisman is the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Classics at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. She is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus. C.A.E. Luschnig is Professor Emerita of Classics at the University of Idaho, the author of several books, and a contranslator of The Electra Plays. Together, Roisman and Luschnig have published Euripides' Alcestis: A Commentary.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 3
The Three Tragedians	p. 3
The Myth	p. 6
Euripides' Electra and the Conventions of the Greek Theater	p. 11
Nature and Survival of the Texts	p. 23
Meter and Prosody	p. 24
The Date of Euripides' Electra	p. 28
Definitions of Literary Terms Used in the Commentary	p. 32
Electra	p. 35
Notes and Commentary	p. 81
Appendices
Metrical Analysis	p. 233
Discussions	p. 241
Index of Verbs	p. 269
Grammatical and Rhetorical Constructions for Review	p. 281
Vocabulary	p. 292
Bibliography	p. 345
Index	p. 355
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