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Poulheria Kyriakou A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris w DE G Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte Herausgegeben von Gustav-Adolf Lehmann, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath und Otto Zwierlein Band 80 Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris ,by Poulheria Kyriakou Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York © Printed on acid-frcc paper which falls within the guidelines of the ANSI to ensure permanence and durability. ISSN 1862-1112 ISBN-13: 978-3-11 -019099-1 ISBN-10: 3-11-019099-0 Library of Congress — Cataίoging-in-Pl·lblication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the library of Congress Bibliografische Information Der Deutschen Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Natio- nalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at < http://dab, ddb.de >. © Copyright 2006 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, D-10785 Berlin All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Germany Cover design: Christopher Schneider, Berlin Printing and binding: Hubert & Co., Göttingen In memory of my mother Marianna and for my father Vassilis Acknowledgments The greatest scholarly debt of most commentators is to their predeces- sors and I am no exception to this rule. I would like to thank James Diggle for permission to use the text and apparatus of his edition of the play. It is obvious from my decision to use the OCT text and from my discussion of several passages that I agree with the vast majority of the editor's choices. As is common with commentators who use another scholar's edition, I am skeptical or reserve judgment in some cases but these are extremely few and nowhere would I certainly make a different editorial choice. I have also used extensively the other editions and the commentaries of IT listed in the bibliography, without always explicitly acknowledging what I owe to them. The book has been several years in the making and I am very grate- ful to several others for their help. In particular, I would like to thank Martin Cropp for graciously sending me his commentary on the play before it was published. James Diggle, Richard Hunter, and Donald Mastronarde kindly read parts of earlier drafts of the commentary and offered trenchant criticism and many valuable suggestions. Daniel Jacob, formerly teacher and now very supportive colleague, and the editors of UaLG, especially Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, read the penul- timate draft in its entirety and made comments that improved it substan- tially. None of these scholars is responsible for what I failed to include, correct, or modify. Many thanks are also due to the editors for accept- ing the book in their series and to Sabine Vogt, Annelies Aurich, Chris- toph Schirmer and the other members of the staff of Walter de Gruyter publishing house for the speedy and efficient production. Over the years, several of my students offered fresh perspectives on IT and other Greek texts. Apart from encouragement and generous sup- port, the friends and colleagues Stavros Frangoulidis, Chrissanthi Tsi- tsiou-Chelidoni, and especially Yannis Tzifopoulos also provided vari- ous bibliographical items. In matters great and small, both related to the preparation of the book and in many others, the help and advice of the friend and colleague Antonios Rengakos has been invaluable. He has repeatedly and graciously shown himself to be a true friend, always viii Acknowledgments finding time and ways to offer much needed support, when I asked for it and even without my having to do so, with his customary generosity and characteristic urbanity. The greatest debt I owe to my husband Theokritos Kouremenos who patiently endured the long years of the book's germination, from the very inception to the preparation of the camera ready copy, and the even more vexing moods of the author. For two decades now, he has been my most reliable source of sober criticism, thoughtful advice, and stimulating encouragement. I have not always been fable or willing to take full advantage of them but he has stood by me throughout, offering constant care, and sharing his multifarious intellectual explorations, caustic humor, and meticulous expertise. I can only hope that my grati- tude and affection for him may be shown more clearly in deed than in word. Thessaloniki, June 2006 Contents Introduction 3 I. The play 3 II. Myth and cult 19 III. Characters and chorus 30 IV. Production 37 V. Date 39 VI. The play's reception in literature and the visual arts . . 41 VII.The text 47 Commentary 51 Metrical analysis of lyric parts 471 Bibliography 483 Indexes 493
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