Oxford Readings in Euripides

by Judith Mossman

Overview

Few ancient authors are as challenging as Euripides, and few have provoked so many diverse critical opinions through the ages. This volume aims to bring together some classic essays illustrating the main strands of Euripidean criticism over the last forty years in a form convenient for students. Two of the essays are translated here for the first time, and many others have been revised by their authors. There is a general introduction by the editor surveying the scholarly tradition. All Greek has been translated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198721840
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	05/29/2003
Series:	Oxford Readings in Classical Studies Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Judith Mossman is Senior Lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Dublin

Table of Contents

Introduction, Judith Mossman
1. The Intellectual Crisis in Euripides, Karl Reinhardt
2. Euripides: Poietes Sophos, R.P. Winnington-Ingram
3. Formal Debates in Euripides' Drama, C. Collard
4. Rhetoric and Relevance in Euripidean Drama, D. J. Conacher
5. 'Atheism' and 'Impiety' in Euripides' Dramas, M. R. Lefkowitz
6. On 'extra-dramatic' communication in Euripides, H. P. Stahl
7. Euripides: The Monument and the Sacrifice, P. Pucci
8. Euripides' Alkestis: Five Aspects of an Interpretation, R. G. A. Buxton
9. The Infanticide in Euripides' Medea, P. E. Easterling
10. Hipploytus: A Study in Causation, R. P. Winnington-Ingram
11. Iure principem locum tenet: Euripides' Hecuba, M. Heath
12. The Argive Festival of Hera and Euripides' Electra, F. I. Zeitlin
13. The Rejection of Suicide in the Heracles of Euripides, J. de Romilly
14. Iconography and Imagery in Euripides' Ion, D. J. Mastronarde
15. The Closet of Masks: Role-Playing and Myth-Making in the Orestes of Euripides, F. I. Zeitlin
16. The Masque of Dionysus, H. P. Foley
17. Three Off-Stage Characters in Euripides, I. F. de Jong

Editorial Reviews

"The series, Oxford Readings in Classical Studies, has enriched the study of a range of subjects, from the Greek novel to Aristophanes.... Mossman's collection of essays on Euripides capably illustrates the major issues in contemporary Euripidean criticism with a stimulating selection of often divergent approaches to this almost endlessly multi-faceted poet.... A highly useful and thought-provoking volume."—New England Classical Journal

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