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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Euripides: Ancient Greek playwright.
- Sophocles: Ancient Greek playwright.
- Iphigenia: In Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Sacrificed by her father to the goddess Artemis. Her story was first told by Euripides, and has been retold in plays by Goethe and Racine.
- Hecuba: Queen of Troy. Wife of Priam and mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra.
Setting & Locations edit
- Athens
- Heraclidae
- Megara
- Thebes
- Hades
- Seaford
- Greece
- Paris
- Colonus
- Trachiniae
- Aulis
- Peirithous
- Lyssa
Table of Contents edit
Introduction;
1. Ritual and violence;
2. Madness and the gods;
3. Arete and the image of Athens;
Conclusion.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Cambridge Classical Studies. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Thalia Papadopoulou (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 9780521851268
Page Count: 229
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 9780521851268
Page Count: 229
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PA3973.H5 P36 2005
- Dewey: 882.01
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