Scholia vetera in Sophoclis "Electram"

290 Pages·2010·1.669 MB·English, Greek

by  Georgios Xenis (editor)

Scholia vetera in Sophoclis Electram
Sammlung griechischer
und lateinischer Grammatiker
(SGLG)
Herausgegeben von
Klaus Alpers · Ian C. Cunningham
Band 12
De Gruyter
Scholia vetera
in Sophoclis
Electram
edited by
Georgios A. Xenis
De Gruyter
ISBN 978-3-11-022700-0
e-ISBN 978-3-11-022701-7
ISSN 1862-2372
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In grateful memory of my parents

Andreas I. Xenis
1924–1999

Paraskevi Ch. Xeni
1937–1979

Acknowledgements
This book had its origin in a Greek doctoral thesis which was submitted to
the Department of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Cyprus in
the summer of 2001. It had been my intention to publish an English
translation of the work soon afterwards, but my appointment to a
lectureship the following year brought along the necessity of giving
priority to teaching and other research commitments. Nine years have
elapsed since that time and, besides translating the thesis, it has now been
essential to revise it prior to publication, for, in some instances, I have had
second thoughts, and in others I should address a number of issues that
have meanwhile come to light. Moreover, the book has needed to include
references to recent work on Ancient Greek scholarship.
I was really very fortunate in my supervisor, Professor Ioannis
Taifacos. By constantly encouraging independent thinking and empha-
sising the importance of personal responsibility in the area of academic
research, not only did he make my PhD project a challenging and
delightful task, but more importantly he influenced my personality in much
more far-reaching ways; I owe him a vast debt. I gratefully acknowledge
the generous assistance of Professor Georgios Christodoulou who first
pointed me in the direction of the Sophoclean scholia and gave me the
benefit of his professional expertise in this field in the early stages of my
research. He put me further in his debt by answering my e-mail queries on
particular passages in a thought-provoking way, when the book was in the
final stage. I gladly offer my profound thanks to the γραμματικώτατοι
editors of the Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker,
Professor Klaus Alpers and Mr Ian Cunningham, for including my work in
this respectable series and for helping me greatly with their invaluable
comments and vast erudition. Moreover, Professor Alpers’ elegant Latinity
saved me from occasional infelicities of style, while Mr Cunningham
kindly offered improvements to my English. My former Professors at the
University of Oxford, Mr Nigel Wilson, FBA, and Dr Dirk Obbink, read
the final version of my manuscript with approving comment. For this, and
especially for their supporting attitude over so many years, they have
earned my sincere gratitude.
I am deeply indebted to the Foundation of State Scholarships of
Greece, which provided generous funding both for my undergraduate and
VIII Acknowledgements
graduate studies, and to the University of Cyprus whose repeated research
grants made possible the in situ investigation of manuscripts in numerous
places: Oxford, Madrid, Paris, Leiden, Florence, and Venice. I also thank
the A. G. Leventis Foundation for awarding me a grant for the purchase of
microfilms of manuscripts and early printed editions.
A word of gratitude should go to Dr Eirene Pougounia and Ms Stephanie
Roussou for help with word-processing, preparation of the indices and
proof-reading, and to the Director of the Hellenic Institute in Venice,
Professor Chrysa Maltezou, for her kindness to offer me accommodation in
the Institute during my research stay in Venice. Finally, I extend heartfelt
thanks to the team at Walter de Gruyter, Ms Katharina Fischer for her
careful engagement with my manuscript, and especially to Dr Sabine Vogt
who oversaw the whole process of the production of the book with great
efficiency; moreover, her support and kindness are greatly appreciated.

University of Cyprus, Nicosia Georgios A. Xenis
July 2010
Contents

Acknowledgements...................................................................VII

Abbreviations and Bibliography....................................................1
Abbreviations used in Introduction.........................................................1
Works cited in Introduction.....................................................................1
Conspectus scriptorum veterum qui per compendium notantur..............4
Conspectus editionum et commentationum quae
per compendium notantur...................................................................7
Conspectus siglorum.............................................................................11

Introduction.................................................................................13
1 Editing Scholia: Methodological considerations
and the scope of the present edition..................................................15
2 Scholia vetera to Sophocles’ Electra: the direct tradition.................23
2.1 Description of the selected manuscripts and
characteristics of their text.......................................................23
L (cid:383)........................................................................................26
N F O Wa Pa.........................................................................29
Lp..........................................................................................33
K...........................................................................................34
H (cid:376)........................................................................................37
V...........................................................................................40
G M R...................................................................................41
2.2 Affiliations of the selected manuscripts...................................48
The Laurentian version.........................................................48
The Roman version...............................................................62
Contaminated manuscripts....................................................69
Stemma of the direct tradition...............................................75
3 Scholia vetera to Sophocles’ Electra: the indirect tradition.............76
The Suda...............................................................................76
Hesychius..............................................................................80
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4 Previous editions...............................................................................82
4.1 Lascaris....................................................................................82
4.2 Juntine......................................................................................88
4.3 Estienne....................................................................................89
4.4 Brunck.....................................................................................90
4.5 Elmsley....................................................................................91
4.6 Jahn and Michaelis...................................................................92
4.7 Papageorgiou...........................................................................95
4.8 More recent work.....................................................................97
5 The present edition...........................................................................97

Textus criticus............................................................................101

Indices........................................................................................271
Scriptores in scholiis citati..................................................................273
Verba de quibus scholia agunt.............................................................274
Grammatica.........................................................................................277
Rhetorica.............................................................................................278
Scaenica, ars tragica, histriones...........................................................279