The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound - Couverture rigide

Griffith, Mark

 
9780521210997: The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521210992 ISBN 13 : 9780521210997
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1977

Synopsis

Prometheus Bound was accepted without question in antiquity as the work of Aeschylus, and most modern authorities endorse this ascription. But since the nineteenth century several leading scholars have come to doubt Aeschylean authorship. Dr Griffith here provides a thorough and wide-ranging study of this problem, and concludes: 'Had Prometheus Bound been newly dug up from the sands of Oxyrhynchus... few scholars would regard it as the work of Aeschylus.' After a preliminary assessment of the external evidence, Dr Griffith examines minutely the idiosyncrasies of metre, dramatic technique, vocabulary, syntax and expression to be found in the play, applying the same tests to other plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides in order to provide a control for his methods. In his final chapter he discusses how the conditions surrounding the ancient transmission and cataloguing of texts may have led to the ascription to Aeschylus.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Prometheus Bound was accepted without question in antiquity as the work of Aeschylus, and most modern authorities endorse this ascription. But since the nineteenth century several leading scholars have come to doubt Aeschylean authorship. Dr Griffith here provides a thorough and wide-ranging study of this problem, and concludes: 'Had Prometheus Bound been newly dug up from the sands of Oxyrhynchus... few scholars would regard it as the work of Aeschylus.' After a preliminary assessment of the external evidence, Dr Griffith examines minutely the idiosyncrasies of metre, dramatic technique, vocabulary, syntax and expression to be found in the play, applying the same tests to other plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides in order to provide a control for his methods. In his final chapter he discusses how the conditions surrounding the ancient transmission and cataloguing of texts may have led to the ascription to Aeschylus.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1977
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521210992
ISBN 13 
9780521210997
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
419
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521038140: The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521038146 ISBN 13 :  9780521038140
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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