other, the originals are, as it were, old friends appearing with new faces. For a fuller account of the numerous modern editions of separate plays reference may be usefully made to Professor Mayor's "Guide to the Choice of Classical Books," new edition (George Bell and Sons). Of the older editions of Euripides, Paley gives a brief account in his introduction to Vol. III, cited above, from which and from the article on Euripides in Dr. Smith's large Biographical Dictionary, I extract a short resumé:—
| (i) | Editio princeps of Euripides, containing the Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Andromache, probably edited by J. Lascaris, and printed by De Alopa, at Florence, towards the end of 15th century. |
| (ii) | Aldus published 18 plays, omitting the Electra, at Venice, 1503. |
| (iii) | An edition published at Heidelberg, containing the Latin version of Æmil. Portus and a fragment of the Danae. 1597. |
| (iv) | Edition of P. Stephens. Geneva. 1602. |
| (v) | Edition„ of Barnes. Cambridge. 1694. |
| (vi) | Edition„ of Musgrave. Oxford. 1778. |
| (vii) | Edition„ of Beck. Leipzig. 1778–88. |
| (viii) | Edition„ of Matthiæ. Leipzig. In 9 vols. with the Scholia and fragments and a Latin version. 1813–29. |
| (ix) | A variorum edition. 9 vols. Glasgow. 1821. |
| (x) | The Fragments by Wagner. Wratislaw. 1844. |
Of separate plays there have been almost countless editions; but here it must suffice to mention a few of the more famous editors e.g., Porson, Elmsley, Valckenaer, Monk, Pflugk, Hermann, etc., etc.
The only complete translation in English of any note, actually known to me, is an old one in verse by Michael
