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Euripides' Escape-Tragedies: A Study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia Among the Taurians

Euripides' Escape-Tragedies: A Study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia Among the Taurians

Wright, Matthew

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ISBN10: 0199274517
ISBN13: 9780199274512
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 28 2005
Pages: 442
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This is the first major critical study of three late plays of Euripides: Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Matthew Wright offers a sustained reading of the plays, arguing that they are a thematically connected trilogy. He re-examines central themes such as myth, geography, cultural identity, philosophy, religion, and (crucially) genre. These are not separate topics, but are seen as being joined together to form an intricate nexus of ideas. The book has implications for our view of Euripides and the tragic genre as a whole.

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