Euripides And The Gods
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Euripides And The Gods
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Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Euripides And The Gods written by Mary R. Lefkowitz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Drama categories.
"Offers a critical new perspective on a major classical author by one of the world's leading authorities; advances a new theory of Euripides' intentions, namely, that he is not trying to undermine traditional theology ..."--Https://global.oup.com.
Gods In Euripides
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Author : Joan Josep Mussarra Roca
language : de
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2015-11-13
Gods In Euripides written by Joan Josep Mussarra Roca and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Euripides And The Gods
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Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz
language : en
Publisher:
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Euripides And The Gods written by Mary R. Lefkowitz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Electronic book categories.
Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to undermine ancient religion, Euripides is describing with a brutal realism what the gods are like, and reminding his mortal audience of the limitations of human understanding.
Heracles And Other Plays
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Author : Euripides
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2003
Heracles And Other Plays written by Euripides and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Drama categories.
"There is death in Alcestis, which explores the marital relationship of Alcestis and Admetus with pathos and grim humour, but whose status as tragedy is subverted by a happy ending. The blood-soaked Heracles portrays deep emotional pain and undeserved suffering; its demand for a more humanistic ethics in the face of divine indifference and callousness makes it one of Euripides' more popular and profound plays. Children of Heracles is a rich and complex work, famous for its dialogues and monologues, in which the effects of war on refugees and the consequences of sheltering them are explored. In Cyclops Euripides takes the familiar story of Odysseus' escape from the Cyclops Polyphemus and turns it to hilarious comic effect."--BOOK JACKET.
The Ion Of Euripides
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Author : Euripides
language : en
Publisher: Lawrence Verry Incorporated
Release Date : 1949
The Ion Of Euripides written by Euripides and has been published by Lawrence Verry Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with Greek drama (Tragedy) categories.
CHORUS The furious Mimas Here blazes in the volley'd fires: and there Another earth-born monster falls beneath The wand of Bacchus wreathed with ivy round, No martial spear. But, as 'tis thine to tend This temple, let me ask thee, is it lawful, Leaving our sandals, its interior parts To visit?
Honor Thy Gods
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Author : Jon D. Mikalson
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-03-19
Honor Thy Gods written by Jon D. Mikalson and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-19 with History categories.
In Honor Thy Gods Jon Mikalson uses the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides to explore popular religious beliefs and practices of Athenians in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and examines how these playwrights portrayed, manipulated, and otherwise represented popular religion in their plays. He discusses the central role of honor in ancient Athenian piety and shows that the values of popular piety are not only reflected but also reaffirmed in tragedies. Mikalson begins by examining what tragic characters and choruses have to say about the nature of the gods and their intervention in human affairs. Then, by tracing the fortunes of diverse characters -- among them Creon and Antigone, Ajax and Odysseus, Hippolytus, Pentheus, and even Athens and Troy -- he shows that in tragedy those who violate or challenge contemporary popular religious beliefs suffer, while those who support these beliefs are rewarded. The beliefs considered in Mikalson's analysis include Athenians' views on matters regarding asylum, the roles of guests and hosts, oaths, the various forms of divination, health and healing, sacrifice, pollution, the religious responsibilities of parents, children, and citizens, homicide, the dead, and the afterlife. After summarizing the vairous forms of piety and impiety related to these beliefs found in the tragedies, Mikalson isolates "honoring the gods" as the fundamental concept of Greek piety. He concludes by describing the different relationships of the three tragedians to the religion of their time and their audience, arguing that the tragedies of Euripides most consistently support the values of popular religion.
Eating Of The Gods
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Author : Jan Kott
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 1987-06
Eating Of The Gods written by Jan Kott and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
In The Eating of the Gods the distinguished Polish critic Jan Kott reexamines Greek tragedy from the modern perspective. As in his earlier acclaimed Shakespeare Our Contemporary, Kott provides startling insights and intuitive leaps which link our world to that of the ancient Greeks. The title refers to the Bacchae of Euripides, that tragedy of lust, revenge, murder, and "the joy of eating raw flesh" which Kott finds paradigmatic in its violence and bloodshed.
Euripides 2
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Author : Euripides
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 1998
Euripides 2 written by Euripides and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Drama categories.
One of the Penn Greek Drama Series, this volume, the second of four projected for the series of plays by Euripides, contains three tragedies plus HELEN, which could be called a romantic comedy, and CYCLOPS, the so-called satyr play of disputed authorship.
Gods And Heroes Of The Greeks
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Author : Apollodorus
language : en
Publisher: Library of Apollodorus
Release Date : 1976
Gods And Heroes Of The Greeks written by Apollodorus and has been published by Library of Apollodorus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Religion categories.
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Ion
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Author : Euripides
language : en
Publisher: Greek Tragedy in New Translati
Release Date : 1996
Ion written by Euripides and has been published by Greek Tragedy in New Translati this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Drama categories.
One of Euripides' late plays, Ion tells the story of Kreousa, queen of Athens, and her son by the god Apollo. Apollo raped Kreousa; she secretly abandoned their child, assuming thereafter that the god had allowed him to die. Ion, however, is saved to become a ward of Apollo's temple at Delphi. In the play, Kreousa and her husband Xouthos go to Delphi to seek a remedy for their childlessness; Apollo, speaking through his oracle, gives Ion to Xouthos as a son, enraging the apparently still childless Kreousa. Mother tries to kill son, son traps mother at an altar and is about to do her violence; just then, Apollo's priestess appears to reveal the birth tokens that permit Kreousa to recognize and embrace the child she thought she had lost forever. Ion must accept Apollo's duplicity along with his benevolence toward his son. Disturbing riptides of thought and feeling run just below the often shimmering surface of this masterpiece of Euripidean melodrama. Despite Ion's "happy ending", the concatenation of mistaken identities, failed intrigues, and misdirected violence enacts a gripping and serious drama. Euripides leaves the audience to come to terms with the shifting relations of god and mortals in his complex and equivocal interpretation of myth.