LEADER 04458nam 2200865Ia 450 001 9910455128303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-1425-1 010 $a1-282-08747-9 010 $a1-282-93526-7 010 $a9786612935268 010 $a9786612087479 010 $a1-4008-2473-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824731 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773390 035 $a(EBL)445484 035 $a(OCoLC)609842108 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360035 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273529 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360035 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317846 035 $a(PQKB)10260045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154040 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12036251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154040 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406235 035 $a(PQKB)23988399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445484 035 $a(OCoLC)52522431 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36114 035 $a(DE-B1597)446176 035 $a(OCoLC)979741518 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824731 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4968564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445484 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284168 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293526 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4968564 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208747 035 $a(OCoLC)1027151836 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773390 100 $a20020706d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFemale acts in Greek tragedy$b[electronic resource] /$fHelene P. Foley 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, NJ ;$aWoodstock $cPrinceton University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (423 p.) 225 1 $aMartin classical lectures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-05030-9 311 $a0-691-09492-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [339]-368) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroductory Note and Abbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tI. The Politics of Tragic Lamentation -- $tII. The Contradictions of Tragic Marriage -- $tIII. Women as Moral Agents in Greek Tragedy -- $tIV. Anodos Dramas: Euripides' Alcestis and Helen -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tGeneral Index -- $tIndex Locorum 330 $aAlthough Classical Athenian ideology did not permit women to exercise legal, economic, and social autonomy, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides often represent them as influential social and moral forces in their own right. Scholars have struggled to explain this seeming contradiction. Helene Foley shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. She investigates three central and problematic areas in which tragic heroines act independently of men: death ritual and lamentation, marriage, and the making of significant ethical choices. Her anthropological approach, together with her literary analysis, allows for an unusually rich context in which to understand gender relations in ancient Greece. This book examines, for example, the tragic response to legislation regulating family life that may have begun as early as the sixth century. It also draws upon contemporary studies of virtue ethics and upon feminist reconsiderations of the Western ethical tradition. Foley maintains that by viewing public issues through the lens of the family, tragedy asks whether public and private morality can operate on the same terms. Moreover, the plays use women to represent significant moral alternatives. Tragedy thus exploits, reinforces, and questions cultural clichés about women and gender in a fashion that resonates with contemporary Athenian social and political issues. 410 0$aMartin classical lectures. 606 $aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreece 606 $aWomen in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a882.0109352042 700 $aFoley$b Helene P$0176605 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455128303321 996 $aFemale acts in greek tragedy$9542276 997 $aUNINA