Tragic Papyri: Aeschylus' ›Theoroi‹, ›Hypsipyle‹, ›Laïos‹, ›Prometheus Pyrkaeus‹ and Sophocles' ›Inachos‹ 9783110796605, 9783110796483

Tragic Papyri: Aeschylus' ›Theoroi‹, ›Hypsipyle‹, ›Laïos‹, ›Prometheus Pyrkaeus‹ and Sophocles' ›Inachos‹ 9783110796605, 9783110796483, 9783110796698, 2022939845

With concern to Greek literature and particularly to 5th c. BCE tragic production, papyri provide us usually with not on

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Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound 0856684716, 9780856684715

The play's title figure has long held a central place in the 'libertarian' stream of Western culture, but

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Aeschylus: Persians. Seven against Thebes. Suppliants. Prometheus Bound [1]

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The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles 9783110257564, 9783110257526

The book studies the past of the characters in Aeschylus and Sophocles, a neglected but crucial topic. The characters’ b

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Tragic Ambiguity: Anthropology, Philosophy and Sophocles' Antigone 9004084177, 9789004084179

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Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition 1107404045, 9781107404045

This book contains thirteen essays by senior international experts on Greek tragedy looking at Sophocles' dramas. T

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Oedipus at Thebes: Sophocles' Tragic Hero and His Time 9780300147100

In Oedipus, Sophocles created a character who was the essence of his age, a figure of such symbolic potency that he appe

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Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound [reprint ed.] 0521270111, 9780521270113

The myth of fire stolen from the gods appears in many pre-industrial societies. In Greek culture Prometheus the fire-ste

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The Materialities of Greek Tragedy: Objects and Affect in Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides 9781350028791, 9781350028821, 9781350028807

Situated within contemporary posthumanism, this volume offers theoretical and practical approaches to materiality in Gre

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Telling Tragedy: Narrative Technique in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides 9781472540218, 9780715625958, 9780715631768

Using recent narrative theory, this book explores the narrative strategies that sustain the complex relationship between

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