Heracles and Euripidean tragedy /

Heracles and Euripidean tragedy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Papadopoulou, Thalia, 1971-
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)
Language:	English Ancient Greek
Series:	Cambridge classical studies Cambridge classical studies.
Subject:	Euripides. -- Heracles. Heracles -- (Greek mythological character) Heracles (Euripides) Heracles (Greek mythology) in literature. Tragedy. Literature. Tragedy. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813742

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ISBN:	9780511482342 0511482345 9780511136740 0511136749 0521851262 9780521851268 1107154065 9781107154063 1280422416 9781280422416 0511182228 9780511182228 0511300174 9780511300172
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book offers a comprehensive reading of Heracles, examining it in the contexts of Euripidean dramaturgy, Greek drama and fifth-century Athenian society. It shows that the play, which raises profound questions on divinity and human values, deserves to have a prominent place in every discussion about Euripides and about Greek tragedy. Tracing some of Euripides' most spectacular writing in terms or emotional and intellectual effect, and discussing questions of narrative, rhetoric, stagecraft and audience reception, this work is required reading for all students and scholars of Euripides."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Papadopoulou, Thalia, 1971- Heracles and Euripidean tragedy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Summary:	Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play of great complexity, exploring the co-existence of both positive and negative aspects of the eponymous hero. Euripides treats Heracles' ambivalence by showing his uncertain position after the completion of his labours and turns him into a tragic hero by dramatizing his development from the invincible hero of the labours to the courageous bearer of suffering. This book offers a comprehensive reading of Heracles examining it in the contexts of Euripidean dramaturgy, Greek drama and fifth-century Athenian society. It shows that the play, which raises profound questions on divinity and human values, deserves to have a prominent place in every discussion about Euripides and about Greek tragedy. Tracing some of Euripides' most spectacular writing in terms of emotional and intellectual effect, and discussing questions of narrative, rhetoric, stagecraft and audience reception, this work is required reading for all students and scholars of Euripides.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and indexes.
ISBN:	9780511482342 0511482345 9780511136740 0511136749 0521851262 9780521851268 1107154065 9781107154063 1280422416 9781280422416 0511182228 9780511182228 0511300174 9780511300172