Euripides

Ion

By: Euripides, John C. Gibert (Editor)

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Paperback | 17 October 2019

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398 Pages

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Ion is one of Euripides'' most appealing and inventive plays. With its story of an anonymous temple slave discovered to be the son of Apollo and Creusa, an Athenian princess, it is a rare example of Athenian myth dramatized for the Athenian stage. It explores the Delphic Oracle and Greek piety; the Athenian ideology of autochthony and empire; and the tragic suffering and longing of the mythical foundling and his mother, whose experiences are represented uniquely in surviving Greek literature. The plot anticipates later Greek comedy, while the recognition scene builds on a tradition founded by Homer''s Odyssey and Aeschylus'' Oresteia. The introduction sets out the main issues in interpretation and discusses the play''s contexts in myth, religion, law, politics, and society. By attending to language, style, meter, and dramatic technique, this edition with its detailed commentary makes Ion accessible to students, scholars, and readers of Greek at all levels.

Industry Reviews

'... this is a very competent edition of Euripides' Ion, which shows comprehensive familiarity with modern work on the play and its background ... detailed enough for the majority of readers.' Michael Lloyd, Exemplaria Classica
'... wonderfully sound, tremendously useful for the student and scholar, and constitutes a landmark publication. James Diggle and his team of editors deserve the highest praise for their achievement.' Dublin Review of Books
'... tactful, packed with insights and ideas that will generate insight and ideas in any careful reader.' Gregory Crane, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'... the relation between the relative slenderness of the volume and the wealth of material is striking ... the book provides information, new ideas, and food for thought for all constituencies.' Gunther Martin, Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina

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