Myths and tragedies in their Ancient Greek contexts /

This work brings together eleven of Richard Buxton's studies of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, focusing especially on the interrelationship between the two, and their importance to the Greeks themselves. Situating and contextualising topics and themes, such as mountains, (were)wolves, mytho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buxton, Richard (Richard G. A.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Tragédie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Mythologie grecque dans la littérature.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I: THEMES IN MYTH
  • 1. Imaginary Greek Mountains
  • 2. Wolves and Werewolves in Greek Thought
  • 3. Mythological Names: The Case of melas
  • 4. The Myth of Talos: Vulnerability, ichōr, and Boundary-Crossing
  • 5. Movement and Stillness: Versions of Medea
  • PART II: MYTHS IN TRAGEDY
  • 6. Tragedy and Greek Myth
  • 7. Time, Space, and Ideology: Tragic Myths and the Athenian Polis
  • 8. Bafflement in Greek Tragedy
  • 9. Blindness and Limits: Sophokles and the Logic of Myth
  • 10. Euripides' Alkestis: Five Aspects of an Interpretation
  • 11. Feminized Males in Bakchai: The Importance of Discrimination
  • Envoi
  • Details of Original Publication
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Z.

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