The Gorgon's severed head : studies in Alcestis, Electra, and Phoenissae /

The Gorgon's severed head : studies in Alcestis, Electra, and Phoenissae /

The Gorgon's Severed Head looks at three plays of Euripides, one early, one middle and one late in his career. Innovations in genre, in the use of the traditional stories, in the representation of women and of gender issues are present at every period. In all three plays characters are depicted...

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Main Author: Luschnig, C. A. E.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 153.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Euripides > Criticism and interpretation.
Euripides. > Alcestis.
Alcestis, > Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae > In literature.
Euripides. > Electra.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure) > In literature.
Euripides. > Phoenician women.
Alcestis, > Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure)
Euripides.
Alcestis (Euripides)
Electra (Euripides)
Phoenician women (Euripides)
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature.
Women and literature > Greece.
Tragedy.
Literature.
Women and literature.
Greece.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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