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The captive woman's lament in Greek tragedy [[electronic resource] /] / Casey Due



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Autore: Dué Casey <1974-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The captive woman's lament in Greek tragedy [[electronic resource] /] / Casey Due Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
Disciplina: 882/.01093522
Soggetto topico: Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism
Laments - Greece - History and criticism
Women and literature - Greece
Prisoners of war in literature
Women prisoners in literature
Slavery in literature
Revenge in literature
Women in literature
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Men's songs and women's songs -- Identifying with the enemy : love, loss, and longing in The Persians of Aeschylus -- Athenians and Trojans -- The captive woman's lament and her revenge in Euripides' Hecuba -- A river shouting with tears : Euripides' Trojan women -- The captive woman in the house : Euripides' Andromache.
Sommario/riassunto: The laments of captive women found in extant Athenian tragedy constitute a fundamentally subversive aspect of Greek drama. In performances supported by and intended for the male citizens of Athens, the songs of the captive women at the Dionysia gave a voice to classes who otherwise would have been marginalized and silenced in Athenian society: women, foreigners, and the enslaved. The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy addresses the possible meanings ancient audiences might have attached to these songs. Casey Dué challenges long-held assumptions about the opposition between Greeks and barbarians in Greek thought by suggesting that, in viewing the plight of the captive women, Athenian audiences extended pity to those least like themselves. Dué asserts that tragic playwrights often used the lament to create an empathetic link that blurred the line between Greek and barbarian. After a brief overview of the role of lamentation in both modern and classical traditions, Dué focuses on the dramatic portrayal of women captured in the Trojan War, tracing their portrayal through time from the Homeric epics to Euripides' Athenian stage. The author shows how these laments evolved in their significance with the growth of the Athenian Empire. She concludes that while the Athenian polis may have created a merciless empire outside the theater, inside the theater they found themselves confronted by the essential similarities between themselves and those they sought to conquer.
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ISBN: 0-292-79611-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777519203321
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