The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles (Trends in Classics: Supplementary Volumes)

606 Pages·2011·1.55 MB·English

by  Poulheria Kyriakou

Poulheria Kyriakou
The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles
Trends in Classics –
Supplementary Volumes
Edited by
Franco Montanari and Antonios Rengakos
Scientific Committee
Alberto Bernabé · Margarethe Billerbeck · Claude Calame
Philip R. Hardie · Stephen J. Harrison · Stephen Hinds
Richard Hunter · Christina Kraus · Giuseppe Mastromarco
Gregory Nagy · Theodore D. Papanghelis · Giusto Picone
Kurt Raaflaub · Bernhard Zimmermann
Volume 11
De Gruyter
The Past in Aeschylus
and Sophocles
by
Poulheria Kyriakou
De Gruyter
ISBN 978-3-11-025752-6
e-ISBN 978-3-11-025756-4
ISSN 1868-4785
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kyriakou, Poulheria.
The past in Aeschylus and Sophocles / by Poulheria Kyriakou.
p. cm. – (Trends in classics – supplementary volumes)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-3-11-025752-6 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
1. Aeschylus – Characters. 2. Sophocles – Characters.
3. Characters and characteristics in literature. I. Title.
PA3829.K96 2011
882’.01—dc22
2011009922
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For Theokritos
κοινὰ δ’ ἔχειν τε καὶ μέλλειν

Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the debts I have incurred during the prepa-
ration of this book. Patrick Finglass and Daniel Jacob, who read the type-
script as referees, waived their anonymity for the sake of more efficient
communication. They saved me from several mistakes of various kinds
and made many judicious comments and insightful suggestions. I am very
grateful for their assistance. Patrick also generously sent me the typescript
of his major forthcoming commentary on Ajax. Although I received it too
late to be able to use it extensively and modify my discussion accordingly,
it has offered valuable help, and I was gratified to see that we agree on
important issues.
Several former and current students as well as friends and colleagues
did not begrudge the time it took them to procure bibliographical items
and read parts of the typescript. Most often I relied on the truly excep-
tional helpfulness of Alexandros Kampakoglou. I also wish to thank for
their help Stavros Frangoulidis, Theophilos Kyriakidis, Nikos Miltsios,
Agapi Stefanidou, and Yannis Tzifopoulos.
Many thanks are due to the staff of Walter de Gruyter for their great
efficiency, and especially to the editors of Trends in Classics Franco Mon-
tanari and Antonios Rengakos for accepting the book in the series. On
many and diverse occasions, Antonios also unstintingly provided welcome
advice, encouragement, support, and entertainment. A loyal friend, he has
been willing to graciously remember and forget what I wished him to.
As always, my husband and colleague Theokritos Kouremenos has
shown himself the most generous friend, supporter and helper. Apart from
sacrificing much in order to look after me throughout with affection and
vigilant care, he readily put aside his own pursuits and devoted much time
and effort to reading the typescript several times, correcting errors, sharing
his knowledge and insights, making suggestions, and criticizing my argu-
ments. Knowing well that my resources are poor and I cannot adequately
return his kindness, I at least fully acknowledge it, and dedicate this book
to him, for past, present, and, hopefully, future.

Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A. Aeschylus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
I. Persae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
II. Septem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
III. Supplices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
IV. Agamemnon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
V. Choephori and Eumenides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
B. Sophocles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
VI. Ajax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
VII. Philoctetes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
VIII. Electra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
IX. Trachiniae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
X. Oedipus Tyrannus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
XI. Oedipus Coloneus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Index of passages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Index of names and subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591