LEADER 03264oam 22006134a 450 001 9910367625403321 005 20210915045226.0 010 $a1-5017-4063-6 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501740633 035 $a(CKB)4100000008351085 035 $a(OCoLC)1122602816 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse76396 035 $a(DE-B1597)527449 035 $a(OCoLC)1102804581 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501740633 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008351085 100 $a19840730d1985 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRitual Irony$ePoetry and Sacrifice in Euripides /$fHelene P. Foley 210 1$aIthaca, N.Y. :$cCornell University Press,$d1985. 210 4$dİ1985. 215 $a1 online resource (285 p. ) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-5017-4064-4 311 $a0-8014-1692-2 311 $a9781501740626 320 $aBibliography: p. 259-273. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tI. Drama and Sacrifice --$t2 . The Iphigenia in Aulis --$t3 . The Phoenissae --$t4. The Heracles --$t5 . The Bacchae --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aRitual Irony is a critical study of four problematic later plays of Euripides: the Iphigenia in Aulis, the Phoenissae, the Heracles, and the Bacchae.Examining Euripides' representation of sacrificial ritual against the background of late fifth-century Athens, Helene P. Foley shows that each of these plays confronts directly the difficulty of making an archaic poetic tradition relevant to a democratic society. She explores the important mediating role played by choral poetry and ritual in the plays, asserting that Euripides' sacrificial metaphors and ritual performances link an anachronistic mythic ideal with a world dominated by "chance" or an incomprehensible divinity. Foley utilizes the ideas and methodology of contemporary literary theory and symbolic anthropology, addressing issues central to the emerging dialogue between the two fields. Her conclusions have important implications for the study of Greek tragedy as a whole and for our understanding of Euripides' tragic irony, his conception of religion, and the role of his choral odes.Assuming no specialized knowledge, Ritual Irony is aimed at all readers of Euripidean tragedy. It will prove particularly valuable to students and scholars of classics, comparative literature, and symbolic anthropology. 606 $aTragedy 606 $aIrony in literature 606 $aRitual in literature 606 $aSacrifice in literature 606 $aMythology, Greek, in literature 606 $aDidactic drama, Greek$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTragedy. 615 0$aIrony in literature. 615 0$aRitual in literature. 615 0$aSacrifice in literature. 615 0$aMythology, Greek, in literature. 615 0$aDidactic drama, Greek$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a882/.01 700 $aFoley$b Helene P.$f1942-$0176605 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367625403321 996 $aRitual Irony$92430762 997 $aUNINA