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Euripides and the gods /
Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to under...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Onassis series in Hellenic culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to undermine ancient religion, Euripides is describing with a brutal realism what the gods are like, and reminding his mortal audience of the limitations of human understanding. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages .) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780190463113 0190463112 9780190463106 0190463104 |