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9780203906699

Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203906699

  • ISBN10:

    0203906691

  • Copyright: 2004-11-11
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Women on the Edge is an exciting exploration of women and their roles in the work of Euripides. The four of Euripides' plays covered are Medea, Alcestis, Helen and Iphigenia at Aulis.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Introductionp. 1
Athens and Greek Culturep. 5
Political Historyp. 5
Religionp. 10
Fate and Responsibilityp. 15
Self and Otherp. 20
Athenian Tragedy: A Civic Institutionp. 24
Tragedy and Athenian Democracyp. 24
Audiencep. 27
The Festivalp. 30
Production and Performancep. 33
The Chorusp. 38
Formal Elementsp. 41
Use of Mythp. 44
Women in Athensp. 48
Athenian Women and the Ideology of Genderp. 48
Women and Marriage: From Parthenos to Gunep. 54
Women and Athenian Tragedyp. 60
Euripidesp. 64
Life and Worksp. 64
Ancient Reactions to Euripidesp. 67
Euripides as a Playwrightp. 69
Women in Euripidesp. 80
The "Afterlife" of Euripidesp. 83
Survival and Canonizationp. 83
Textual Criticismp. 85
The Artistic Legacyp. 87
Four Plays by Euripides
Alcestisp. 91
Introductionp. 93
Alcestisp. 104
Medeap. 147
Introductionp. 149
Medeap. 169
Helenp. 217
Introductionp. 219
Helenp. 237
Iphigenia at Aulisp. 303
Introductionp. 305
Iphigenia at Aulisp. 328
Notesp. 391
Referencesp. 479
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