Euripides' "Alcestis"
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- ISBN 9783110330854
- Weight: 472g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2013
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides’ Alcestis - the earliest extant play of Euripides and one of the most experimental masterpieces of Greek tragedy, not only standing in place of a satyr-play but also preserving at least some of its typical features. Commencing from the widely-held view, so lamentably ignored within the domain of Classics, that a narratology of drama should be predicated upon the notion of narrative as verbal, as well as visual, rendition of a story, this unique volume contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion.
A. Markantonatos, University of the Peloponnese, Kalamata.
