New Greek Commentaries

16 August 2000

Several commentaries on Greek texts have been added to the Perseus Digital Library.

Sir Richard C. Jebb on the seven plays of Sophocles (Ajax, Trachiniae, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus)
E. C. Marchant, C. E. Graves, and Charles F. Smith on Thucydides
W. W. How and J. Wells on Herodotus
Thomas W. Allen and E. E. Sykes on the Homeric Hymns

These new texts comment on 29,415 passages in the classical authors. In addition, they cite other Greek and Latin texts 17,667 times. With these new additions, there are now 44,710 commentary notes in the Perseus Digital Library, and 108,645 additional references from one text to another.

Each of these citations is visible as a link when you read the commentary. For example, Jebb cites Herodotus 3.119 in his discussion of Antigone 909. When you are reading Sophocles, you will see a link to Jebb's note, and when you read that note, you will see a link to Herodotus.

More important, each of the 108,645 citations is also displayed as a link from the cited text back to the commentary. When you read Herodotus 3.119, you will see a link back to Jebb's note on Antigone 909. The integrated facilities of the Perseus Digital Library locate and present relevant information from other texts with no effort at all on your part. As the Digital Library grows, these citation networks will expand, making each text a window into the entire collection.

You can use the Display Configuration tool to control how commentary links and cross references are presented to you. See the main Text Help Page for additional information.

The Perseus Document Manager, introduced this past spring, makes it much easier than ever before for Perseus editors to add new texts. These commentaries are the beginning of a series of commentaries on Greek and Latin texts to be added over the next several months.

Please report any problems to the Perseus webmaster.

Document last updated 16-Aug-00, AEM