Studies in Euripides' Orestes /

Studies in Euripides' Orestes /

This work challenges recent critical assessments that emphasize the allegedly subversive elements in Euripides' play. The Orestes is found to present a curious mélange of early and late Euripidean features, resulting in a drama where the tragic potential of Orestes' predicament becomes los...

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Main Author: Porter, John R., 1956-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 128.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Euripides. > Orestes.
Orestes, > King of Argos (Mythological character)
Orestes (Euripides)
Literature.

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Call Number: PA3973.O73 P67 1994

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • John R. Porter
  • The Critical History of Orestes: An Overview /
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  • General Interpretation: The Structure, Themes, and Emotional Rhythm of Orestes /
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  • The Agon /
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  • The Phrygian Messenger /
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  • Orestes 1503-36 /
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  • The Exodos /
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  • A Pro-satyric Orestes? /
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  • Madness and Σύνϵσις in Orestes /
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  • Orestes 819-24 and the Second Stasimon /
  • John R. Porter
  • Orestes and Thucydides 3.82-83 /
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  • Orestes 536-37 = 625-26 /
  • John R. Porter
  • Orestes 544-50 /
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  • Orestes 585-90 /
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  • The Staging of Orestes 1344ff /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Passages Cited from Orestes /
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  • Select Index /
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  • Supplements to Mnemosyne.