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Euripides : Suppliant women /
"Euripides' 'Suppliant Women' is an unfairly neglected master work by the most controversial of the three great tragedians of Ancient Greece. It dramatises the story of one of the proudest moments in Athenian mythical history: the intervention of These us in support of internatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2008.
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| Colección: | Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Euripides' 'Suppliant Women' is an unfairly neglected master work by the most controversial of the three great tragedians of Ancient Greece. It dramatises the story of one of the proudest moments in Athenian mythical history: the intervention of These us in support of international law to force the burial of the Argives who were killed during their attack on Thebes. But Euripides adds new characters to the story and presents the myth in a different and sometimes ambiguous light. A sense of uncertainty and undercutting pervades this play, which dramatises the sufferings of the innocent in war and then at the end foretells more war. As well as presenting a scene-by-scene analysis, this book will discuss the date and background of the play, whether people and events from contemporary Athens can be glimpsed in the drama; the problems of staging, and finally the story in later tradition."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472521156 1472521153 9781472539793 1472539796 071563626X 9780715636268 9781472521163 1472521161 |