GREEK

Euripides, Herakles

By Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780511708497, 9781108013031
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511708497
Google Books ID
HRY4RQAACAAJ
Language
greek
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4915715 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Volume
Volume 1
Edition
1
Pages
294\294
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Wilamowitz-Moellendorff's edition of Herakles was published in 1895. The renowned German philologist delivers a detailed reading and translation of Euripides' classic tragedy, and also provides the reader with an introduction to the context in which the tragedy unfolds. Volume 1 is divided into three parts. The first is a thorough account of the origins of the story and a characterisation of the figure of Herakles as he first appears in Greek mythology. Herakles belongs to the Dorian tribe and deeply embedded in their self-understanding is, according to Moellendorff, the belief in the divineness of the righteous Dorian man. In the second part of this volume Moellendorff interprets Euripides' version of the Heraclian figure and explains where and how this version of the tragedy differs from the original mythological framework. Part 3 gives Euripides' Greek text and Moellendorff's translation of the drama into German.

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