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Sophoclesâ Eurypylus and other tragic fragments in P.Oxy. IX 1175 + XVII 2081(b)
Series: - Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 509
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This book is about some papyri fragments from one or more tragedies by the Greek dramatist Sophocles. Before arguing that complete texts should be more studied than fragmentary ones, bear in mind that of more than 120 tragedies staged by Sophocles in his life (496â406 BC), only seven came to us. To better understand an author that lies at the origins of everything we now call theatre, anything will do â even fragmentary texts. Eurypylus, the play here considered, is all the more relevant for it belongs to an early stage of Sophoclesâ career, and features the qualms and remorse of a dowager Queen who sent her son to fight for peace (or to end a war, which in Greek Middle Ages was more or less the same), and got his death in return.
Giulio Iovine, Ph.D. (1987), is Professor of Papyrology at Università di Bologna âAlma Mater Studiorumâ since 2024. He has published articles on Greek literary and philosophical papyri, several Latin texts on papyrus and ostrakon, and a monograph on the Latin military papyri from Dura-Europos (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Scholars specializing in Greek literature, Greek literary papyri, textual criticism and Greek drama, and students in those specific branches of Classics. The English translation leaves an open window for non-academic readers.