The paper represents the first step towards a global re-evaluation of Tzetzes’ references to and quotations from the Euripidean tragedies other than the “selected” and the “alphabetical” ones (that is, the fragmentary and lost ones edited in Kannicht’s TrGF V). Concentrating on the references not involving literal quotations (with more to come on the ipsissima verba of the poet in a separate study), it reaches the conclusion that Tzetzes had no direct access to tragedies by Euripides other than the ones we too are able to read today (and even in this group, his alleged reading of the “alphabetical” ones has left virtually no traces in his writings). On the whole, Tzetzes’ references to the nowadays lost section of Euripides’ work are drawn from indirect sources, mostly earlier scholarship of exegetical, grammatical and rhetorical nature, or the like. If so, Tzetzes bears no witness to the survival of Euripides’ opera omnia deep into the Comnenian age.
Ancora sul Fortleben di Euripide a Bisanzio. Giovanni Tzetze lettore dell’Euripide tragico (oggi) frammentario? Prima parte: i riferimenti di Tzetze ad Euripide privi di citazioni letterali
Laura Carrara
2022-01-01
Abstract
The paper represents the first step towards a global re-evaluation of Tzetzes’ references to and quotations from the Euripidean tragedies other than the “selected” and the “alphabetical” ones (that is, the fragmentary and lost ones edited in Kannicht’s TrGF V). Concentrating on the references not involving literal quotations (with more to come on the ipsissima verba of the poet in a separate study), it reaches the conclusion that Tzetzes had no direct access to tragedies by Euripides other than the ones we too are able to read today (and even in this group, his alleged reading of the “alphabetical” ones has left virtually no traces in his writings). On the whole, Tzetzes’ references to the nowadays lost section of Euripides’ work are drawn from indirect sources, mostly earlier scholarship of exegetical, grammatical and rhetorical nature, or the like. If so, Tzetzes bears no witness to the survival of Euripides’ opera omnia deep into the Comnenian age.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
