Heracles and Euripidean tragedy / Thalia Papadopoulou.

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Papadopoulou, Thalia, 1971-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Cambridge classical studiesPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511482342
0511482345
9780511136740
0511136749
1107154065
9781107154063
1280422416
9781280422416
0511182228
9780511182228
0511300174
9780511300172

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heracles and Euripidean tragedy.DDC classification:

883/.01 22

LOC classification:

PA3973.H5 P36 2005eb

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Contents:

Introduction : Heracles in perspective -- 1. Ritual and violence -- 2. Madness and the gods -- 3. Arete and the image of Athens -- Conclusion.

Review: "This book offers a comprehensive reading of Heracles, examining it in the contexts of Euripidean dramaturgy, Greek drama and fifth-century Athenian society. It shows that the play, which raises profound questions on divinity and human values, deserves to have a prominent place in every discussion about Euripides and about Greek tragedy. Tracing some of Euripides' most spectacular writing in terms or emotional and intellectual effect, and discussing questions of narrative, rhetoric, stagecraft and audience reception, this work is required reading for all students and scholars of Euripides."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and indexes.

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Introduction : Heracles in perspective -- 1. Ritual and violence -- 2. Madness and the gods -- 3. Arete and the image of Athens -- Conclusion.

"This book offers a comprehensive reading of Heracles, examining it in the contexts of Euripidean dramaturgy, Greek drama and fifth-century Athenian society. It shows that the play, which raises profound questions on divinity and human values, deserves to have a prominent place in every discussion about Euripides and about Greek tragedy. Tracing some of Euripides' most spectacular writing in terms or emotional and intellectual effect, and discussing questions of narrative, rhetoric, stagecraft and audience reception, this work is required reading for all students and scholars of Euripides."--Jacket.

English.

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