Euripides’ Erechtheus — a lost drama, which can be reconstructed by papyrus finds and several testimonies and quotations by ancient authors — speaks about the story of the mythical Athenian king Erechtheus and his wife Praxithea, ready to sacrifice their daughter in order to save their country by the Thracians invaders led by Eumolpus. This drama testifies about an age suspended between dreams of military glory and knowledge of the evil inherent in every war. This new critical edition, innovative in the reconstruction of papyrus finds, is characterized by a broad introduction on the origin of the myth, as well as by a comprehensive collection of testimonies on the saga of Eumolpus and an exaustive grammatical, historical and philological commentary, particularly devoted to staging problems. The Appendix contains a new poetic Italian version of the fragments
Dramma generosamente restituito da frammenti di tradizione indiretta e papiracei, l'Eretteo di Euripide - con la sua storia imperniata sulle vicende degli ateniesi Eretteo e Prassitea, pronti a sacrificare la propria figlia pur di salvare la patria dall'attacco del tracio Eumolpo - testimonia di un'Atene sospesa tra sogni di gloria militare e consapevolezza del male insito in ogni guerra. Questa nuova edizione critica, spesso innovativa nella ricostruzione del materiale papiraceo, è contraddistinta da un'ampia Introduzione sull'origine e le modificazioni del mito trattato nell'Eretteo; oltre che da una raccolta completa delle testimonianze sulla saga di Eumolpo e da un approfondito commento grammaticale, storico e filologico, attento anche a problemi scenici. Completa il lavoro una nuova versione poetica dei frammenti dell'Eretteo.
Euripidis Erechthei quae exstant / Sonnino, Maurizio. - STAMPA. - XIX:(2010), pp. 1-520.
Euripidis Erechthei quae exstant
SONNINO, MAURIZIO
2010
Abstract
Euripides’ Erechtheus — a lost drama, which can be reconstructed by papyrus finds and several testimonies and quotations by ancient authors — speaks about the story of the mythical Athenian king Erechtheus and his wife Praxithea, ready to sacrifice their daughter in order to save their country by the Thracians invaders led by Eumolpus. This drama testifies about an age suspended between dreams of military glory and knowledge of the evil inherent in every war. This new critical edition, innovative in the reconstruction of papyrus finds, is characterized by a broad introduction on the origin of the myth, as well as by a comprehensive collection of testimonies on the saga of Eumolpus and an exaustive grammatical, historical and philological commentary, particularly devoted to staging problems. The Appendix contains a new poetic Italian version of the fragmentsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.