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EDITORS J. D I G G L E N . H O P K I N S O N S . P. OA K L E Y J. G. F. P O W E L L M . D. R E E V E D. N . S E D L E Y R . J. TA R R A N T
48 SOPHOCLES: AJAX
S OP HOC L ES AJAX E D I T E D W I T H I N T RO D U C T I O N, TRAN SLATION, AND COMMENTARY
BY
P. J. F I N G LA S S University of Nottingham
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CONTE NTS Preface
page ix
I N T RO D U C T I O N 1 Date 2 Festival 3 Production 4 Myth 5 Heroism 6 Unity 7 Politics 8 Text
1 1 11 11 26 42 51 57 59
T EXT AN D CRITIC AL AP PARATUS Index siglorum !"#"$%&"'! ()(!
71 72 77
C O M M E N TA RY Prologue (1–133) Parodos (134–200) First episode, part one (201–347) Kommos (348–429) First episode, part two (430–595) First stasimon (596–645) Second episode (646–92) Second stasimon (693–718) Third episode, part one (719–814) Third episode, part two (815–65) Epiparodos and kommos (866–973) Fourth episode (974–1184) Third stasimon (1185–1222) Exodos (1223–1420) vii
133 135 175 202 238 264 313 328 341 351 375 389 416 469 478
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 Abbreviations: reference works 2 Abbreviations: scholars’ names 3 Abbreviations: standard works on Sophocles 4 Editions of Sophocles’ Ajax 5 Translations of Sophocles’ Ajax 6 Works cited by author’s name 7 Works cited by author’s name with date
526 526 529 530 530 532 532 540
INDEXES Index of subjects Index of Greek
591 605
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P R E FAC E It is a pleasure to record the assistance which I have received from friends, colleagues, and institutions during my work on this book. First thanks are owed to James Diggle, who read each section of the commentary as soon it was ready. Lyndsay Coo, Michael Reeve, and Martin West read the complete typescript, and Malcolm Davies and Neil Hopkinson substantial sections of it; Scott Scullion and Alan Sommerstein commented on the Introduction and discussion of the staging of Ajax’s death. I am grateful to the staff of the Hallward library in Nottingham, the Bodleian, Sackler, and Taylorian libraries in Oxford, the British, National Art, and Institute of Classical Studies libraries in London, and the Universiteitsbibliotheek in Leiden. The kindness of Al