Heracles And Euripidean Tragedy

Author : Thalia Papadopoulou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1139446673

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Heracles and Euripidean Tragedy by Thalia Papadopoulou Pdf

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.

Author : Euripides,
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199555093

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Heracles and Other Plays by Euripides, Pdf

The first three plays in this volume are typical of Euripides, filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is a satyr play, full of crude and slapstick humour. Alcestis shows various reactions to death with pathos and grim humour while the blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering. Children of Heracles deals with the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them.

Author : Florence Yoon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350076778

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Euripides: Children of Heracles by Florence Yoon Pdf

This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides' Children of Heracles, providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles' family after his death. Euripides confronts characters and audience alike with an extraordinary series of plot twists and ethical challenges as the persecuted family of refugees struggles to find asylum in Athens before taking revenge on its enemy Eurystheus. It is a fast-paced story that explores the nature of power and its abuse, focusing on the appropriate treatment and behaviour of the powerless and the obligations and limitations of asylum. The audience must continually re-evaluate the play's moral dimensions as the characters respond to complications that range from the fantastic to the frighteningly realistic. Yoon situates Children of Heracles in its literary context, showing how Euripides constructs a unique kind of tragic plot from a wide range of conventions. It also explores the centrality of the dead Heracles and the leading role given to the socially powerless and the dramatically marginal. Finally, it discusses the historical contexts of the play's original performance and its political resonance both then and now.

Author : L. H. G. Greenwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107559806

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Aspects of Euripidean Tragedy by L. H. G. Greenwood Pdf

Originally published in 1953, this book presents a concise study regarding the nature of Euripidean tragedy. The main part of the text discusses the conflict between Euripides' presentation of the gods and his own religious beliefs, putting forward the view that the plots of his plays are 'fantasies' without an intended symbolic content. The final two chapters provide accounts of The Suppliants and realism within Greek tragedy, respectively. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ancient Greek drama, Classical literature and literary criticism.

Author : Kathleen Riley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199534487

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The Reception and Performance of Euripides' Herakles by Kathleen Riley Pdf

A study of the reception of Euripides' tragedy The Madness of Herakles from late antiquity to the present day. Kathleen Riley examines changing ideas of Heraklean madness and, consequently, of the Heraklean hero.

Author : Joan Josep Mussarra Roca
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783823379584

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Gods in Euripides by Joan Josep Mussarra Roca Pdf

This book is about the representation of gods (both as characters and as a subject for discourse) in two tragedies by Euripides: Heracles and Hippolytus. Its goal is to establish a framework for the reading of Greek tragedy and for the analysis of the various ways in which the gods of the Greek religion appear in tragic drama, and to apply it to the aforementioned plays. In this work we contend that such a framework should transcend the usual dichotomy made between a "religious" and a "non-religious" reading of Greek tragedy, and more specifically of Euripidean tragedy. This dichotomy contains in itself a cultural assumption, that is, the possibility of establishing a clear-cut distinction between a domain of religious discourse and an autonomous, profane sphere in which the representations of gods would assume a different value and meaning. There is nothing in the discursive structures of Classical Greece that allows us to posit something of the kind. The elements that appear to us as questioning the traditional representations of gods in Greek tragedy can be seen from this perspective.

Author : William Allan
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191541568

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The Andromache and Euripidean Tragedy by William Allan Pdf

The Andromache has long been disparaged despite being a brilliant piece of theatre. In this book Dr Allan draws attention to the neglected artistry of this very impressive and intriguing text. Through careful analysis the Andromache emerges as a play that poses fundamental questions, especially about the polarity of Greek and barbarian, and the morality of the gods. Dr Allan shows how the play also challenges revenge as a motive for action, and explores the role of women as wives, mothers, and victims of war, be they Greek or Trojan, victorious or defeated. These are among the central concerns that make the Andromache a moving and thought-provoking tragedy, full of suffering, suspense, and moral interest. This book contributes both to an appreciation of the Andromache in its own right, and to a wider understanding of the variety and quality of Euripides' uvre.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783986473563

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Heracles by Euripides Pdf

Heracles Euripides - Euripides' Heracles is an extraordinary play, innovative in its treatment of the myth, bold in its dramatic structure, and filled with effective human pathos. The play tells a tale of horror: Heracles, the greatest hero of the Greeks, is maddened by the gods to murder his wife and children. But this suffering and divine malevolence are leavened by the friendship between Heracles and Theseus, which allows the hero to survive this final and most painful labor. The Heracles raises profound questions about the gods and mortal values in a capricious and harsh world.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1981-08-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780199771851

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The Children of Herakles by Euripides Pdf

Author : William Allan
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Euripides: Medea by William Allan Pdf

Euripides' "Medea" is one of the greatest and most influential Greek tragedies. This book outlines the development of the Medea myth before Euripides and explores his uniquely powerful version from various angles. There are chapters on the play's relationship to the gender politics of fifth-century Athens, Medea's status as a barbarian, and the complex moral and emotional impact of her revenge. Particular attention is paid to the tragic effect of Medea's great monologue and the significance of her role as a divine avenger. The book ends by considering the varied and fascinating reception of Euripides' play from antiquity to the present day.

Author : William Allan
Publisher : Aris and Phillips Classical Te
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780856687402

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Euripides: the Children of Heracles by William Allan Pdf

The Children of Heracles is a powerful and challenging tragedy of exile and supplication. Driven from their homeland by Eurystheus, king of Argos, the children of Heracles flee as fugitives throughout Greece until they are granted protection in Athens.

Author : H. D. F. Kitto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134930401

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Greek Tragedy by H. D. F. Kitto Pdf

Provides illuminating answers to many questions: why did Sophocles develop character-drawing? How and why does it differ from that of Aeschylus? Why are some of Euripides' plots so bad and others so good?

Author : Aeschylus,Euripides,Sophocles
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141961712

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Greek Tragedy by Aeschylus,Euripides,Sophocles Pdf

Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex the king sets out to uncover the cause of the plague that has struck his city, only to disover the devastating truth about his relationship with his mother and his father. Medea is the terrible story of a woman's bloody revenge on her adulterous husband through the murder of her own children.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101073247536

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Euripides Heracles by Euripides Pdf

Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190650988

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The Oxford Handbook of Heracles by Daniel Ogden Pdf

"The first half of the volume is devoted to the exposition of the ancient evidence, literary and iconographic, for the traditions of Heracles' life and deeds. After a chapter each on the hero's childhood and his madness, the canonical cause of his Twelve Labors, each of the Labors themselves receives detailed treatment in a dedicated chapter. The 'Parerga' or 'Side-Labors' are then treated in a similar level of detail in seven further chapters. In the second half of the book the Heracles tradition is analysed from a range of thematic perspectives. After consideration of the contrasting projections of the figure across the major literary genres, Epic, Tragedy, Comedy, Philosophy, and in the iconographic register, a number of his myth-cycle's diverse fils rouges are pursued: Heracles' fashioning as a folkloric quest-hero; his relationships with the two great goddesses, the Hera that persecutes him and the Athena that protects him; and the rationalisation and allegorisation of his cycle's constituent myths. The ways are investigated in which Greek communities and indeed Alexander the Great exploited the figure both in the fashioning of their own identities and for political advantage. The cult of Heracles is considered in its Greek manifestation, in its syncretism with that of the Phoenician Melqart, and in its presence at Rome, the last study leading into discussion of the use made of Heracles by the Roman emperors themselves and then by early Christian writers. A final chapter offers an authoritative perspective on the limitless subject of Heracles' reception in the western tradition"--