Euripides' Alcestis : narrative, myth, and religion / Andreas Markantonatos.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Narrative, myth, and religion: Introduction -- Tragic storytelling: form and content -- Tragic worlds: narrating the Athenian polis -- Euripides' Alcestis: narrative and interpretation -- Narrative: Introduction -- Death is death is death: narrating a world of perennial suffering -- Myth: Introduction -- Mythological intertextuality: Alcestis and Heracles -- Prophecy, theory, action: the making of a hero -- Religion: Introduction -- Death is death is life: Eleusinian Orphism and moral courage -- Death is death is life: Alcestis, Athens, and mystical salvation.

This unique volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides' Alcestis. It contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion. It will reward readers interested in Greek literature and especially Euripidean tragedy, as well as in modern literary theory and especially narratology.

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