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The surviving text of the fragmentary Phaethon of Euripides depends chiefly on two sources: two pages from a Euripidean manuscript, written about A.D. 500, and a papyrus of the third century B.C., which contains a substantial part of the parodos. These sources are supplemented by a number of citations in classical authors and by a recently published fragmentary hypothesis. Professor Diggle has examined all the manuscript evidence and offers many decipherments. He gives a text of the play and of the hypothesis, an exegetical commentary, prolegomena and appendices, in which he discusses the treatment of the Phaethon myth in classical literature and attempts a reconstruction of the plot of the play.

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List of Plates; Preface; Abbreviations; Prolegomena; Text; Commentary; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index verborum; Index of passages discussed; Subject index; Greek index.

Europides Phaethon 12 Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Series Number 12

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/20/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521604246, 978-0521604246
      ISBN10: 0521604249
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The surviving text of the fragmentary Phaethon of Euripides depends chiefly on two sources: two pages from a Euripidean manuscript, written about A.D. 500, and a papyrus of the third century B.C., which contains a substantial part of the parodos. These sources are supplemented by a number of citations in classical authors and by a recently published fragmentary hypothesis. Professor Diggle has examined all the manuscript evidence and offers many decipherments. He gives a text of the play and of the hypothesis, an exegetical commentary, prolegomena and appendices, in which he discusses the treatment of the Phaethon myth in classical literature and attempts a reconstruction of the plot of the play.

      Table of Contents
      List of Plates; Preface; Abbreviations; Prolegomena; Text; Commentary; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index verborum; Index of passages discussed; Subject index; Greek index.

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