Ritual irony : poetry and sacrifice in Euripides /

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Ritual Irony is a critical study of four problematic later plays of Euripides: the Iphigenia in Aulis, the Phoenissae, the Heracles, and the Bacchae.Examining Euripides' representation of sacrificial ritual against the background of late fifth-century Athens, Helene P. Foley shows that each of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Euripides > Criticism and interpretation.
Euripides.
Didactic drama, Greek > History and criticism.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Sacrifice in literature.
Ritual in literature.
Irony in literature.
Tragedy.
Mythologie grecque dans la littérature.
Sacrifice dans la littérature.
Rituel dans la littérature.
Ironie dans la littérature.
Tragédie.
tragedies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Didactic drama, Greek.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • I. Drama and Sacrifice
  • 2 . The Iphigenia in Aulis
  • 3 . The Phoenissae
  • 4. The Heracles
  • 5 . The Bacchae
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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