The Medea of Euripides

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Excerpt from The Medea of Euripides: With Introduction and Explanatory Notes, for SchoolsIn submitting to the public a new edition of the Medea of Euripides, I wish to say a few words as to the design of the work. I had been for some time convinced that a carefully-prepared edition of the Medea would not prove unacceptable to schools and colleges, and not seeing any work on the plan I proposed to myself, have endeavoured to produce an edition which, while being really explanatory, shall contain some information not easily accessible. My aim in writing the notes on the play has uniformly been to explain the text. For this purpose parallel passages are often useful, and I hope in quoting them I have kept within bounds that tendency to accumulate such passages which is at once the most natural and most troublesome foible of an editor. Whatever remarks and references have been taken from others, have all, I think, been carefully acknowledged. It frequently happens, however, that one finds himself treading unconsciously in another's footsteps. In writing my notes I have followed the example of the late Professor Conington in his admirable edition of Virgil viz. To take each line separately as it came before me, ask myself if I thoroughly understood it, and if so, pass on to the next, and in lines where I found a difficulty, or any thing worthy of observation, I have first written my own remarks and afterwards referred to the editions of others.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.