Georgios A. Xenis Livres

This is a rich collection of twenty-seven essays to mark the memory of Ioannis Taifacos. For two decades (1993–2013) Ioannis Taifacos worked hard to establish the Department of Classics and Philosophy as an autonomous administrative unit at the newly-founded University of Cyprus and to integrate it into the wider academic community. All the essays are original, and are written by an international group of established scholars, some of whom are among the most respected names in the field of Classics. The eleven papers of Part I deal with Greek and Latin literature: epic poetry, Polybius, Lucian, Tatian, Gregory of Nazianzus, the reception of Greek epigram in nineteenth-century Greece; Cicero, Caesar, Atellane Comedy, Ovid, and the bilingual poetry of Late Antiquity. Part II features five papers on Greek and Latin scholarship, and three on papyrological, rhetorical and linguistic topics: Valerius Probus, Priscian, John of Alexandria (Aelius Herodian), the Greek Etymologica, 'prototypon/absolutum' in Latin grammatical terminology; the papyrus rolls of the Aristotelian Constitution of Athens and Herodas' Mimiambs; George of Trebizond; a graecism in Latin syntax. Part III, made up of seven papers, is devoted to Anaximander, Plato, Aristotle, Clearchus, Stoics, Cynics, Galen, and Nicolaus Cusanus. Finally, Part IV contains a paper on the Arabian policy of Trajan.

This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Electra is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888. It is the first to rely on a complete scrutiny of the sources of the text and the conjectural activity of scholars, but is also characterised by a fresh methodological approach: the transmission of scholia is prone to creating different versions of basically the same material, and to making conflations of originally distinct entities; in the English preface these transmissional peculiarities guide the editor in establishing a methodology which is appropriate both for analysing the manuscript tradition and composing the critical text of the Electra scholia. By applying this working tool, the editor is the first to restore the scholia to the Electra in a textual state which is arguably the earliest we can recover, and is free of contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybridisation or blending of elements from different versions. The critical text is accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, and is contextualised in its scholarly tradition by means of a rich collection of parallel passages. Extensive indices are provided at the end of the book.

The ancient scholia to Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus offer insights into Alexandrian interpretations of the play, surpassing those of other Sophoclean works. Vittorio de Marco's 1952 edition presented an improved text due to his deeper understanding of the manuscript tradition and the scholia's layered nature. However, it contained inaccuracies and methodological flaws. Georgios Xenis's new edition enhances de Marco's efforts through meticulous examination of all textual sources and scholarly conjectures, employing a clearly defined methodological framework. This edition restores the scholia to a textual state that is arguably the earliest recoverable version, eliminating contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybrid elements from different versions. Accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, the critical text is contextualized within its ancient scholarly tradition through a wealth of relevant passages. Extensive indices are included at the end of the volume. This edition serves as an invaluable resource for interpreting Sophocles’ tragedies, particularly Oedipus at Colonus, and will attract classicists focused on ancient literary criticism and scholarship.

This authoritative new edition of the ancient scholia to Sophocles' Trachiniae is designed to replace the corresponding part of the Teubner text published in 1888. It is the first to rely on a complete scrutiny of the sources of the text and the conjectural activity of scholars, but is also characterised by a fresh methodological approach: the transmission of scholia is prone to creating different versions of basically the same material, and to making conflations of originally distinct entities; in the English preface these transmissional peculiarities guide the editor in establishing a methodology which is appropriate both for analysing the manuscript tradition and composing the critical text of the Trachiniae scholia. By applying this working tool, the editor is the first to restore the scholia to the Trachiniae in a textual state which is arguably the earliest we can recover, and is free of contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybridisation or blending of elements from different versions. The critical text is accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, and is contextualised in its scholarly tradition by means of a rich collection of parallel passages. Extensive indices are provided at the end of the book.