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Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis

Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis

Michelakis, Pantelis
Harrison, Thomas

Paperback

Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy

Miscellaneous LanguagesLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0715629948
ISBN13: 9780715629949
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Published: Mar 9 2006
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Iphigenia at Aulis is one of Euripides' most intriguing and challenging plays. It dramatises the myth of Iphigenia, the young virgin sacrificed by her father Agamemnon at the start of the expedition against Troy. Produced at the end of the Peloponnesian war, it explores the breakdown of social norms which turns Greeks against Greeks, men against women, and condemns young brides to death. Pantelis Michelakis examines the mythological, socio-political and institutional background, as well as the cultural, political, institutional, and theatrical contexts within which it was originally composed and performed.He highlights the main themes and major issues in modern criticism, and ends with an outline of its performance history and reception.

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