A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris. - Kyriakou, Poulheria.
KORTE INHOUD
This work is the first major commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris to appear in English in more than 65 years. It offers detailed analysis of a fascinating play that scholars so far had considered mainly as a source of information about Athenian cult and viewed as a romantic adventure story with happy end. Apart from including sober assessments of textual, linguistic and metrical problems, the commentary sheds new light on the play's treatment of myth, its intricate structure, presentation of character, and place in Euripides' work. In particular it offers fresh insights into the play's relationship to the literary tradition, especially its treatment of the crimes of the Pelopids, and its presentation of the complex, ambiguous relationship of humans and gods as well as that of Greeks and barbarians. Unlike most other tragedies, Iphigenia in Tauris does not feature any villain and avoids concentrating on past crimes and their corrosive influence on the characters' present. The Taurians are not portrayed...
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2006Uitgever: Berlin / New York, Walter de Gruyter, 2006.504 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 3110190990ISBN-13: 9783110190991Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original green cloth hardcover. x,504 pp.; 23.5x16 cm. "Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, Band 80". Text in English. - (previous owner's name in ink, notes (in Dutch) in some margins and underlinings in pencil although not very disturbing) Still very good, see picture 860 [Auteur: Kyriakou, Poulheria.] [Uitgever: Walter de Gruyter] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris.]
