An English Commentary on The Rhesus, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Heraclidae, Supplices, and Troades of Euripides, with the Scanning of Each Play, from the Latest and Best Authorities

by Anthon, Charles [Euripides]

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1877. 453pgs+adv. Very Good green cloth hardcover, red text block. This is the original hardcover 1877 Harper edition, not the modern reprint. Clean, sound and unmarked but for the neatly penned 1878 owner inscription of Harry Thurston Peck (see below) on the front free endpaper and the later owner blindstamp of Orlando D'Amato at the bottoms of the front endpaper, blank, title page, pgs 1 and 2. Light rubbing to cloth at edges and corners. An English commentary on the tragedies of Euripides, each section has an argument, outline of the play followed by linear references to passages in various acts and scenes, and with passages in ancient Geek with explanations and notes. The Rhesus is the only extant Greek drama whose plot is taken from the action of the tenth book of The Iliad. Euripides, however, places the scene in the Trojan camp. Contents: Notes on The Rhesus, Notes on The Medea, Notes on The Hippolytus, Notes on The Alcestis, Notes on the Heraclidae, Notes on The Supplices, Notes on the Troades, Scanning of the Preceding Plays. Personal copy of American classical scholar Harry Thurston Peck, professor of Ancient Languages at Columbia College, and editor-in-chief of various publications such as Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, International Cyclopedia and The Bookman. #2266.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Notes on Euripides, an Englishe Commentary on the Tragedies of Euripides, Charles Anthon, Euripides, Harper, Columbia, The Rhesus, Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Heraclidae, Supplices, Scale, Verse, Iambic Trimeter Acatalectic, Trohaic Tetrameter Acatalectic, Anapaestic verse, Scanning, Meter, Metre, Greek Classics, Classical Studies, Epic Poetry, The Iliad, Troy, Greek Tragedy, Greek Literature, Ancient Greek, Language, Translation, Reference, Children of Hercules, Trojan Women, Suppliant Women, Ancient Theatre, Meter, Theatre of War, Anthon's Series, Classical studies.

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