Σεμνός and Its Cognates in the Sophoclean Scholia
Abstract
This short note is offered to Bernd Seidensticker with much gratitude for his influential work on dramatic texts and their performance and reception in antiquity. The ancient scholia on tragedy are studied more thoroughly nowadays, and taken more seriously, than they were a generation ago, and scholars have been paying more attention to the critical language found in some of the notes. 1 The phrasing of a couple of scholia on Sophocles’ Oedipus Coloneus has led me to reconsider the implications of σεμνός and its cognates as value terms in the discussion of tragic language and action.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Classical Studies and Philology
Classical Antiquity Studies
Classical Philosophy and Thought
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 179–183
- Publication date
- 27 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter