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The play is based on three stories of Hypsipyle's legend: the rescue of her father, her meeting with [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], and her subsequent exile from Lemnos.<ref>https://www. |
The play is based on three stories of Hypsipyle's legend: the rescue of her father, her meeting with [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], and her subsequent exile from Lemnos.<ref>For a detailed discussion of the background and plot of the play see Collard and Cropp, [[https://www-loebclassics-com.ezproxy.bu.edu/view/euripides-dramatic_fragments/2008/pb_LCL506.251.xml pp. 251–254].</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:40, 2 September 2020
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| Written by | Euripides |
| Place premiered | Athens |
| Original language | Ancient Greek |
| Genre | Tragedy |
Hypsipyle (Template:Lang-grc) is a partially preserved tragedy by Euripides, about the legend of queen Hypsipyle of Lemnos, daughter of King Thoas.[1] It was one of his last and most elaborate plays.[2] It was performed c. 411–407, along with The Phoenician Women which survives in full, and the lost Antiope.[3]
Originally only known from a few fragments, knowledge of the play was greatly expanded with the discovery of Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 852 in 1905, and its publication by Grenfell and Hunt in 1908.[4] Of his lost plays, it is the one with the most extensive fragments.[5]
Plot
The play is based on three stories of Hypsipyle's legend: the rescue of her father, her meeting with Jason and the Argonauts, and her subsequent exile from Lemnos.[6]
Notes
- ^ For the extant fragments of the play with introduction and notes see Collard and Cropp, pp. 250–321.
- ^ Collard and Cropp, p. 251.
- ^ Collard and Cropp, pp. xiv, 254.
- ^ Collard and Cropp, pp. 250, 255; Gantz, p. 511 with note 44.
- ^ Collard and Cropp, p. 255.
- ^ For a detailed discussion of the background and plot of the play see Collard and Cropp, [pp. 251–254.
References
- Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008b), Euripides Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus: Other Fragments, Loeb Classical Library No. 506. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-674-99631-1. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: ISBN 978-0-8018-5360-9 (Vol. 1), ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3 (Vol. 2).*Grenfell, B. P.. and Hunt, A. S., P. Oxy VI 852, London, 1908
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