Richard Jebb
Abstract
Richard Jebb’s commentaries on Sophocles are unique: a series of editions of one of the most intensely studied of all ancient poets, which have never fallen out of regular use since they were first produced (1883–96). No one studying Sophocles and making any serious engagement with the original Greek can afford to neglect them; they are still quoted as often and with as much sense of their current relevance as any modern edition, and ‘dated and flawed as in some respects they may be, [they] remain the yardstick by which all subsequent ones are measured’ (Dawe 1990a: 241). 1
Fields of Study & Subjects
Classical Antiquity Studies
Classical Studies and Philology
Classical Philosophy and Thought
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 267–286
- Publication date
- 27 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter