Scholia vetera in Sophoclis "Trachinias" (Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker - Band 13)

This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Trachiniae is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888. It is the first to rely on a complete scrutiny of the sources of the text and the conjectural activity of scholars, but is also characterised by a fresh methodological approach: the transmission of scholia is prone to creating different versions of basically the same material, and to making conflations of originally distinct entities; in the English preface these transmissional peculiarities guide the editor in establishing a methodology which is appropriate both for analysing the manuscript tradition and composing the critical text of the Trachiniae scholia. By applying this working tool, the editor is the first to restore the scholia to the Trachiniae in a textual state which is arguably the earliest we can recover, and is free of contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybridisation or blending of elements from different versions. The critical text is accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, and is contextualised in its scholarly tradition by means of a rich collection of parallel passages. Extensive indices are provided at the end of the book. "This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Trachiniae is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888. It is the first to rely on a complete scrutiny of the sources of the text and the conjectural activity of scholars, but is also characterised by a fresh methodological approach: the transmission of scholia is prone to creating different versions of basically the same material, and to making conflations of originally distinct entities; in the English preface these transmissional peculiarities guide the editor in establishing a methodology which is appropriate both for analysing the manuscript tradition and composing the critical text of the Trachiniae scholia. By applying this working tool, the editor is the first to restore the scholia to the Trachiniae in a textual state which is arguably the earliest we can recover, and is free of contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybridisation or blending of elements from different versions. The critical text is accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, and is contextualised in its scholarly tradition by means of a rich collection of parallel passages. Extensive indices are provided at the end of the book."--Résumé de l'éditeur "This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Trachiniae is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888. It is the first to rely on a complete scrutiny of the sources of the text and the conjectural activity of scholars, but is also characterised by a fresh methodological approach: the transmission of scholia is prone to creating different versions of basically the same material, and to making conflations of originally distinct entities; in the English preface these transmissional peculiarities guide the editor in establishing a methodology which is appropriate both for analysing the manuscript tradition and composing the critical text of the Trachiniae scholia. By applying this working tool, the editor is the first to restore the scholia to the Trachiniae in a textual state which is arguably the earliest we can recover, and is free of contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybridisation or blending of elements from different versions. The critical text is accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, and is contextualised in its scholarly tradition by means of a rich collection of parallel passages. Extensive indices are provided at the end of the book."--Publisher's website Scholia vetera in Sophoclis Trachinias (2010)......Page 1 Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) - Band 13......Page 3 ISBN: 9783110227024......Page 5 Preface......Page 8 --> Contents......Page 10 Works cited in Introduction......Page 12 Conspectus scriptorum veterum qui per compendium notantur......Page 13 Conspectus editionum et commentationum quae per compendium notantur......Page 17 Conspectus siglorum......Page 20 Introduction......Page 22 1 The versions and their manuscripts......Page 24 The Laurentian version: L /\ Lp......Page 27 The Roman version: M R......Page 33 The a-version: A U Y......Page 36 The Triclinian version: T Ta......Page 44 Stemma of the tradition......Page 52 3.1 Lascaris......Page 54 3.3 Turnebus......Page 57 3.4 Estienne......Page 58 3.5 Brunck......Page 59 3.6 Papageorgiou......Page 60 Textus criticus......Page 62 Indices......Page 270 Scriptores in scholiis laudati......Page 272 Verba de quibus scholia agunt......Page 273 Grammatica......Page 279 Rhetorica......Page 280 Scaenica, ars tragica, histriones......Page 281 Scholars have been seeking to understand Sophocles' "Trachiniae" for over two millennia. The beginnings of this long tradition of the play's interpretation are in Hellenistic Alexandria, and are now represented by a series of notes which have survived in the margins of medieval manuscripts. The book offers an English introduction and an authoritative new critical text of these notes based on a thorough review of the manuscript evidence and the best modern scholarship. The critical text is accompanied by an apparatus criticus, and is placed in its scholarly context by means of a rich collection of parallel passages. Scholars have been seeking to understand Sophocles' Trachiniae for over two millennia. The beginnings of this long tradition of the play's interpretation are in Hellenistic Alexandria and are now being represented by a series of notes which have survived in the margins of medieval manuscripts. The book offers an English introduction and an authoritative new critical text of these notes based on a thorough review of the manuscript evidence and the best modern scholarship. The critical text is accompanied by a apparatus criticus, and is placed in its scholarly context by means of a rich collectio Review text: "The books [Bd 12/13] are nicely crafted and appear extremely accurate. G. Xenis is to be congratulated on a task well done: more, please."P. J. Finglass in: BMCR 2011.07.22