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Looking for a Project? > A Big Mess? Does this need to be fixed? I don't have time

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message 1: by Karin (new)

Karin | 95 comments People have lumped many different sets of Eurpides plays together because this same title has been used for different collections. I don't have time right now to fix this if it needs to be done (it will take some time!)

Medea and Other Plays. The biggest lump is found here Medea and Other Plays but there is another set here Medea and Other Plays. I found the one I read where someone had added play titles here Medea and Other Plays Medea/Hecabe Electra/Heracles (it's grouped with the first set I linked, but I edited Heracles from Hercules).

I don't come here very often and wasn't sure if this is considered a project or even if I should make one.


message 2: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments Only editions with the same content should be combined. So when editions with the same title (Medea and Other Plays) contain different plays, they should not be combined. Posting here as a project is fine.

From the Librarian Manual on omnibus/box set titles:
If the edition has a separate title, the list of included titles may be treated as a subtitle
https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/2...


message 3: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments Found the plays for most of the editions and separated into five different works:
Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Medea / Hecabe / Electra / Heracles: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
(this one has some editions I could not verify)

Alcestis / Medea / The Bacchae: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

Medea / Hippolytus / Electra / Helen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Alcestis / Medea / Helen / Cyclops: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...


message 4: by Arenda (last edited Sep 26, 2017 02:54AM) (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments And of course some of these combinations were also published with a different title (like "Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis/Medea/The Bacchae", vs. "Medea and Other Plays: Alcestis / Medea / The Bacchae").
I think I've got all these also combined.


message 5: by Karin (new)

Karin | 95 comments Arenda wrote: "Only editions with the same content should be combined. So when editions with the same title (Medea and Other Plays) contain different plays, they should not be combined. Posting here as a project ..."

Excactly, but despite the separate entries, some are still all lumped together!


message 6: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments Karin wrote: "Excactly, but despite the separate entries, some are still all lumped together!"

I thought I separated all, see message 3.
Can you tell where there are still some lumped together?


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