Scholia vetera in Sophoclis Electram Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) Herausgegeben von Klaus Alpers · Ian C. Cunningham Band 12 De Gruyter Scholia vetera in Sophoclis Electram edited by Georgios A. Xenis De Gruyter ISBN 978-3-11-022700-0 e-ISBN 978-3-11-022701-7 ISSN 1862-2372 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ScholiaveterainSophoclisElectram/editedbyGeorgiosA.Xenis. p. cm. (cid:2) (Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker, ISSN1862-2372;v.12) TextinGreek;introductioninEnglish. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-3-11-022700-0(acid-freepaper) 1.Sophocles.Electra. 2.Sophocles(cid:2)Scholia. I.Xenis,GeorgiosA. PA4413.E5S36 2010 8821.01(cid:2)dc22 2010004422 BibliografischeInformationderDeutschenNationalbibliothek DieDeutscheNationalbibliothekverzeichnetdiesePublikationinderDeutschenNational- bibliografie;detailliertebibliografischeDatensindimInternetüberhttp://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. (cid:2)2010WalterdeGruyterGmbH&Co.KG,Berlin/NewYork Satz:KatharinaFischer,Berlin DruckundbuchbinderischeVerarbeitung:Hubert&Co.GmbH&Co.KG,Göttingen (cid:3)GedrucktaufsäurefreiemPapier PrintedinGermany www.degruyter.com In grateful memory of my parents Andreas I. Xenis 1924–1999 Paraskevi Ch. Xeni 1937–1979 Acknowledgements This book had its origin in a Greek doctoral thesis which was submitted to the Department of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Cyprus in the summer of 2001. It had been my intention to publish an English translation of the work soon afterwards, but my appointment to a lectureship the following year brought along the necessity of giving priority to teaching and other research commitments. Nine years have elapsed since that time and, besides translating the thesis, it has now been essential to revise it prior to publication, for, in some instances, I have had second thoughts, and in others I should address a number of issues that have meanwhile come to light. Moreover, the book has needed to include references to recent work on Ancient Greek scholarship. I was really very fortunate in my supervisor, Professor Ioannis Taifacos. By constantly encouraging independent thinking and empha- sising the importance of personal responsibility in the area of academic research, not only did he make my PhD project a challenging and delightful task, but more importantly he influenced my personality in much more far-reaching ways; I owe him a vast debt. I gratefully acknowledge the generous assistance of Professor Georgios Christodoulou who first pointed me in the direction of the Sophoclean scholia and gave me the benefit of his professional expertise in this field in the early stages of my research. He put me further in his debt by answering my e-mail queries on particular passages in a thought-provoking way, when the book was in the final stage. I gladly offer my profound thanks to the γραμματικώτατοι editors of the Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker, Professor Klaus Alpers and Mr Ian Cunningham, for including my work in this respectable series and for helping me greatly with their invaluable comments and vast erudition. Moreover, Professor Alpers’ elegant Latinity saved me from occasional infelicities of style, while Mr Cunningham kindly offered improvements to my English. My former Professors at the University of Oxford, Mr Nigel Wilson, FBA, and Dr Dirk Obbink, read the final version of my manuscript with approving comment. For this, and especially for their supporting attitude over so many years, they have earned my sincere gratitude. I am deeply indebted to the Foundation of State Scholarships of Greece, which provided generous funding both for my undergraduate and VIII Acknowledgements graduate studies, and to the University of Cyprus whose repeated research grants made possible the in situ investigation of manuscripts in numerous places: Oxford, Madrid, Paris, Leiden, Florence, and Venice. I also thank the A. G. Leventis Foundation for awarding me a grant for the purchase of microfilms of manuscripts and early printed editions. A word of gratitude should go to Dr Eirene Pougounia and Ms Stephanie Roussou for help with word-processing, preparation of the indices and proof-reading, and to the Director of the Hellenic Institute in Venice, Professor Chrysa Maltezou, for her kindness to offer me accommodation in the Institute during my research stay in Venice. Finally, I extend heartfelt thanks to the team at Walter de Gruyter, Ms Katharina Fischer for her careful engagement with my manuscript, and especially to Dr Sabine Vogt who oversaw the whole process of the production of the book with great efficiency; moreover, her support and kindness are greatly appreciated. University of Cyprus, Nicosia Georgios A. Xenis July 2010 Contents Acknowledgements...................................................................VII Abbreviations and Bibliography....................................................1 Abbreviations used in Introduction.........................................................1 Works cited in Introduction.....................................................................1 Conspectus scriptorum veterum qui per compendium notantur..............4 Conspectus editionum et commentationum quae per compendium notantur...................................................................7 Conspectus siglorum.............................................................................11 Introduction.................................................................................13 1 Editing Scholia: Methodological considerations and the scope of the present edition..................................................15 2 Scholia vetera to Sophocles’ Electra: the direct tradition.................23 2.1 Description of the selected manuscripts and characteristics of their text.......................................................23 L (cid:383)........................................................................................26 N F O Wa Pa.........................................................................29 Lp..........................................................................................33 K...........................................................................................34 H (cid:376)........................................................................................37 V...........................................................................................40 G M R...................................................................................41 2.2 Affiliations of the selected manuscripts...................................48 The Laurentian version.........................................................48 The Roman version...............................................................62 Contaminated manuscripts....................................................69 Stemma of the direct tradition...............................................75 3 Scholia vetera to Sophocles’ Electra: the indirect tradition.............76 The Suda...............................................................................76 Hesychius..............................................................................80 X Contents 4 Previous editions...............................................................................82 4.1 Lascaris....................................................................................82 4.2 Juntine......................................................................................88 4.3 Estienne....................................................................................89 4.4 Brunck.....................................................................................90 4.5 Elmsley....................................................................................91 4.6 Jahn and Michaelis...................................................................92 4.7 Papageorgiou...........................................................................95 4.8 More recent work.....................................................................97 5 The present edition...........................................................................97 Textus criticus............................................................................101 Indices........................................................................................271 Scriptores in scholiis citati..................................................................273 Verba de quibus scholia agunt.............................................................274 Grammatica.........................................................................................277 Rhetorica.............................................................................................278 Scaenica, ars tragica, histriones...........................................................279