Scholia vetera in Sophoclis "Trachinias"

280 Pages·2010·1.37 MB·English, Greek

by  Georgios Xenis (editor)

Scholia vetera in Sophoclis Trachinias
Sammlung griechischer
und lateinischer Grammatiker
(SGLG)
Herausgegeben von
Klaus Alpers · Ian C. Cunningham
Band 13
De Gruyter
Scholia vetera
in Sophoclis
Trachinias
edited by
Georgios A. Xenis
De Gruyter
ISBN 978-3-11-022702-4
e-ISBN 978-3-11-022703-1
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For my grandmother Eva
1915–2010

Preface
This volume is the second in a series which is designed to establish new
critical texts of the scholia vetera to the tragedies of Sophocles. It is my
goal in this second volume, as it was in its predecessor, the scholia vetera
to the Electra, to restore the scholia vetera to the Trachiniae in their oldest
recoverable version and corpus. This statement contains a number of key
terms which are not explained here. What is a version, what does it tell us
about the nature of the transmission of scholia in general, and what are its
implications for the editor? What exactly do the oldest recoverable version
and corpus represent, and why is it desirable to seek after them at the
expense of other versions and corpora? By what methods can we gain
access to this oldest version and corpus? These questions as well as the
principles which guide me in the constitution of the text are fundamental
for a proper understanding of the character of this edition, but are
thoroughly dealt with in the first volume, and more specifically in the
sections on ‘Editing Scholia: Methodological considerations and the scope
of the present edition’, and on ‘The present edition’. Likewise, I do not
repeat the description of the manuscripts nor do I outline the distinguishing
features of the Roman version again.
In this volume I do discuss issues which are peculiar to the new text,
and most importantly its manuscript tradition. For the Trachiniae scholia
vetera and the Electra scholia vetera differ in that the former text exists in
four versions whereas the latter exists in two, and in the fact that the former
lacks an indirect tradition. Therefore I provide a description of the two new
versions, namely the Triclinian and aa-version, as well as an analysis of the
manuscripts’ interrelationships. I also take a fresh look at the previous
editions, but only to highlight matters specifically related to the treatment
of this text. For the general characteristics of these editions the reader
should consult the first volume once again.
Preface VIII
Once again I wish to record my gratitude to Professor Klaus Alpers and Mr
Ian Cunningham who read the final version of the book and provided me
with their invaluable comments and expert advice. Ms Stephanie Roussou
placed me in her debt by her assistance in proofreading the manuscript.
Finally, it is a pleasure to acknowledge the support of Dr Sabine Vogt, my
editor at Walter de Gruyter, and of Ms Katharina Fischer, who skilfully
prepared the camera-ready copy of the book.

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

Preface.......................................................................................VII

Abbreviations and Bibliography....................................................1
Works cited in Introduction.....................................................................1
Conspectus scriptorum veterum qui per compendium
notantur...............................................................................................2
Conspectus editionum et commentationum quae
per compendium notantur...................................................................6
Conspectus siglorum...............................................................................9

Introduction.................................................................................11
1 The versions and their manuscripts...................................................13
2 Characteristics of the versions and/ or affiliations of
their manuscripts............................................................................16
The Laurentian version: L (cid:383) Lp.....................................................16
The Roman version: M R...............................................................22
The aa-version: A U Y.....................................................................25
The Triclinian version: T Ta...........................................................33
Stemma of the tradition..................................................................41
3 Previous editions...............................................................................43
3.1 Lascaris....................................................................................43
3.2 Juntine......................................................................................46
3.3 Turnebus..................................................................................46
3.4 Estienne....................................................................................47
3.5 Brunck.....................................................................................48
3.6 Papageorgiou...........................................................................49

Textus criticus..............................................................................51
X Contents
Indices........................................................................................259
Scriptores in scholiis laudati................................................................261
Verba de quibus scholia agunt.............................................................262
Grammatica.........................................................................................268
Rhetorica.............................................................................................269
Scaenica, ars tragica, histriones...........................................................270