This is the first full-scale commentary on EuripidesAlexandros, which is one of the best preserved fragmentary tragedies. It yields insight into aspects of Euripidean style, ideology and dramatic technique (e.g. rhetoric, stagecraft and imagery) and addresses textual and philological matters, on the basis of a re-inspection of the papyrus fragments. This book offers a reconstruction of the play and an investigation of issues of characterization, staging, textual transmission and reception, not least becauseAlexandros has enjoyed a fascinatingNachleben in literary, dramaturgical and performative terms. It also contributes to the readers understanding of the trends of later Euripidean drama, especially the dramatists innovation and experimentation with plot-patterns and staging conventions. Furthermore, the analysis ofAlexandros could stimulate a more comprehensive reading of the extantTrojan Women coming from the same production, which bears the features of a connected trilogy. Thus, the information retrieved through the interrogation of the rich fragmentary material serves to supplement and contextualize the extant tragic corpus, showcasing the vitality and multiformity of Euripidean drama as a whole.

Ioanna Karamanou, University of the Peloponnese, Nafplio, Greece.