Euripides' Alcestis--perhaps the most anthologized Attic
drama--is an ideal text for students reading their first play in
the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most
editions are too advanced or too elementary for intermediate
students of the language, but in this new student edition, C. A. E.
Luschnig and H. M. Roisman remedy such deficiencies. The
introductory section of this edition provides historical and
literary perspective; the commentary explains points of grammar,
syntax, and vocabulary, as well as elucidating background features
such as dramatic conventions and mythology; and a discussion
section introduces the controversies surrounding this most elusive
drama. In their presentation, Luschnig and Roisman have initiated a
new method for introducing students to current scholarship. This
edition also includes a glossary, an index, a bibliography, and
grammatical reviews designed specifically for students of Greek
language and culture in their second year of university study or
third year of high school. Luschnig and Roisman, who have published
numerous articles and books on Greek literature, bring to this
volume decades of experience teaching classical Greek.
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