Studies in Euripides' Orestes
John R. Porter
This work challenges recent critical assessments that emphasize the allegedly subversive elements in Euripides' play. The Orestes is found to present a curious melange of early and late Euripidean features, resulting in a drama where the tragic potential of Orestes' predicament becomes lost amid the moral, political and situational chaos that dominates the late Euripidean stage. Throughout, emphasis is placed on reading the Orestes in light of Greek stage conventions and the poet's own practice. Of particular interest are: an original examination, in light of Greek rhetorical practice, of Orestes' agon with Tyndareus; an analysis of the Phrygian's monody as a cunning hybrid of Timothean nome and traditional messenger speech; and a re-evaluation of the play's troubling deus ex machina."
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Yıl:
1994
Yayımcı:
Brill Academic Publishers
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
364
ISBN 10:
9004096620
ISBN 13:
9789004096622
Seriler:
Mnemosyne Supplements 128
Dosya:
PDF, 16.11 MB
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english, 1994