Euripides' Escape-Tragedies

副标题: A Study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians

ISBN: 9780199274512

出版社: Oxford University Press, USA

出版年: 2005-4-28

页数: 434

定价: USD 175.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

This is the first major critical study of three late plays of Euripides: Helen, Andromeda and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Matthew Wright offers a sustained reading of the plays, arguing that they are a thematically connected trilogy. He re-examines central themes such as myth, geography, cultural identity, philosophy, religion, and (crucially) genre. These are not separate topics, but are seen as being joined together to form an intricate nexus of ideas. The book has implications for our view of Euripides and the tragic genre as a whole.