| #1571233 in Books | 1986-10-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.13 x1.25 x7.56l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 448 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great edition, cheap quality.|By ArielM|Seneca... his tragedies are surely not in need of a review. This edition, the best to date, is. For starters, the edition by Zwierlein is fantastic, making use of most, if not all, available manuscripts, resulting in a great scholarly work. In that respect, this edition is the non plus ultra of Seneca's. Now, with regards to the book itse|Language Notes|Text: Latin|About the Author|Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca. 4 BC-AD 65) was a Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature.
Based on a comprehensive investigation of all manuscripts and florilegia, this edition provides, for the first time, a secure reconstruction of the two hyparchetypes on which the text depends. Zwierlein demonstrates that all former manuscripts of Seneca's tragedies stem ultimately from these two branches of the tradition, both of which are adequately transmitted by pure representatives. He provides a concise critical apparatus, includes a fully-referenced account of al...
You easily download any file type for your device.Tragoediae (Oxford Classical Texts) | Seneca.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
