Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides

, by Blondell, Ruby; Gamel, Mary-Kay; Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin; Vivante, Bella

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ISBN: 9780203906699 | 0203906691
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Copyright: 11/11/2004

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Women on the Edge is an exciting exploration of women and their roles in the work of Euripides. The four of Euripides' plays covered are Medea, Alcestis, Helen and Iphigenia at Aulis.

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Athens and Greek Culture	p. 5
Political History	p. 5
Religion	p. 10
Fate and Responsibility	p. 15
Self and Other	p. 20
Athenian Tragedy: A Civic Institution	p. 24
Tragedy and Athenian Democracy	p. 24
Audience	p. 27
The Festival	p. 30
Production and Performance	p. 33
The Chorus	p. 38
Formal Elements	p. 41
Use of Myth	p. 44
Women in Athens	p. 48
Athenian Women and the Ideology of Gender	p. 48
Women and Marriage: From Parthenos to Gune	p. 54
Women and Athenian Tragedy	p. 60
Euripides	p. 64
Life and Works	p. 64
Ancient Reactions to Euripides	p. 67
Euripides as a Playwright	p. 69
Women in Euripides	p. 80
The "Afterlife" of Euripides	p. 83
Survival and Canonization	p. 83
Textual Criticism	p. 85
The Artistic Legacy	p. 87
Four Plays by Euripides
Alcestis	p. 91
Introduction	p. 93
Alcestis	p. 104
Medea	p. 147
Introduction	p. 149
Medea	p. 169
Helen	p. 217
Introduction	p. 219
Helen	p. 237
Iphigenia at Aulis	p. 303
Introduction	p. 305
Iphigenia at Aulis	p. 328
Notes	p. 391
References	p. 479
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Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides

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