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Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905), Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, was one of the foremost classicists of the Victorian era. His editions of Sophocles' plays appeared between 1883 and 1896. They are distinguished by the sensitivity of Jebb's literary and dramatic interpretations, and the neat translation facing the Greek text. They have had a profound influence on subsequent Sophoclean scholarship.
All seven plays of Sophocles in their full editions by Jebb are being reissued in this series. They have occasionally been reprinted but never before in affordable paperback versions. In this new edition, each volume contains, in addition to Jebb's text, a General Introduction by P.E. Easterling, concerned with Jebb and his contribution to Sophoclean scholarship, and an Introduction by a noted Sophoclean scholar dealing with Jebb's treatment of the individual play and its value for – and contrast with – subsequent interpretations, for which a select bibliography is included.
Table of Contents
Ajax: Introduction, Peter Wilson
R.C. Jebb: Prefaratory Note
INTRODUCTION
§ I. The Ajax of the Iliad. § 2. Cyclic epics. The
Aethiopis. § 3• The Little Ilz'ad. § 4• Ajax and the
Aeacidae. Legend that Ajax was invulnerable. § 5• The
Ajax-trilogy of Aeschylus. (i) q01r.\.wv Kpluts. § 6. (ii)
®pvuuat. § 7. (iii) "i,aA.aplvtat.
§ 8. The Afax of Sophocles. Analysis. § 9• Dramatic
unity of the play. § Io. The veto on the burial. § u.
The issue thus raised. § I 2. The successive moods of
Ajax. His speech in verses 646-692. § I3. His imprecation
upon the Greeks. § 14• The divine judgment.
Athena. § IS• Odysseus. § I6. Teucer. His scenes
with the Atreidae. Modern criticism on this part of the
play. § I7• Tecmessa. The Chorus.
§ I8. The Teucer of Sophocles. His Eurysaces. § I9.
The story of Ajax in later literature. § 20. Illustrations
from ancient Art.
§ 2I. Evidence for the date of the play. § 22. The
title.
MANUSCRIPTS, EDITIONS, ETC. .
§§ r, 2. MSS. § 3• Scholia. § 4• The state of the
text. Lacunae. Proposed transpositions. Interpolations.
§ S• Editions.
METRICAL ANALYSIS .
ANCIENT ARGUMENT TO THE PLAY; DRAMATIS PERSONAE;
STRUCTURE
TEXT
APPENDIX
INDICES
Product details
| Published | Aug 27 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781853996450 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 9 x 5 inches |
| Series | Classic Commentaries |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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