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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808853003321

Autore

Markantonatos Andreas

Titolo

Euripides' "Alcestis" : Narrative, Myth, and Religion / / Andreas Markantonatos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-11-033097-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; ; 112

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation

Euripides -- Technique

Euripides

Greece Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Narrative, Myth, and Religion -- Chapter 2. Narrative -- Chapter 3. Myth -- Chapter 4. Religion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Greek Words -- Index of Alcestis Passages

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides’ Alcestis - the earliest extant play of Euripides and one of the most experimental masterpieces of Greek tragedy, not only standing in place of a satyr-play but also preserving at least some of its typical features. Commencing from the widely-held view, so lamentably ignored within the domain of Classics, that a narratology of drama should be predicated upon the notion of narrative as verbal, as well as visual, rendition of a story, this unique volume contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion.