A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris

A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris PDF Author: Poulheria Kyriakou
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110926601
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 517

Book Description
This work is the first major commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris to appear in English in more than 65 years. It offers detailed analysis of a fascinating play that scholars so far had considered mainly as a source of information about Athenian cult and viewed as a romantic adventure story with happy end. Apart from including sober assessments of textual, linguistic and metrical problems, the commentary sheds new light on the play’s treatment of myth, its intricate structure, presentation of character, and place in Euripides’ work. In particular it offers fresh insights into the play’s relationship to the literary tradition, especially its treatment of the crimes of the Pelopids, and its presentation of the complex, ambiguous relationship of humans and gods as well as that of Greeks and barbarians. Unlike most other tragedies, Iphigenia in Tauris does not feature any villain and avoids concentrating on past crimes and their corrosive influence on the characters’ present. The Taurians are not portrayed simply as savage and slow barbarians and Iphigenia, the most intelligent character, fails to transcend her limitations. Religion and cult in both myth and contemporary Athens are a mixture of traditional and invented elements and the play as a whole turns out to be an intriguing and unique experiment in Euripides’ career.

Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris

Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris PDF Author: Edith Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
ISBN: 0195392892
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
This book presents a cultural history of the Greek tragedy and its influence on subsequent Greek and Roman art and literature.

Trojan Women

Trojan Women PDF Author: Euripides
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674995741
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 532

Book Description
One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, is the text and translation of three of his plays. Trojan Women, a play about the causes and consequences of war, develops the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life. Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations (the murder of close relatives). Each ends happily with a joyful reunion. As in the first three volumes of this edition, David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and an admired new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well;" his introduction to each play and explanatory notes offer readers judicious guidance.

Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians

Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians PDF Author: Isabelle Torrance
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350070076
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
In this new student introduction to a Greek tragedy, Isabelle Torrance looks at what makes Iphigenia among the Taurians a successful tragedy in ancient Greek terms, and how dramatic excitement is achieved through the exotic setting, the cast of characters, and the chorus. Assuming no knowledge of Greek, and with students in mind, the central themes of ethnicity and gender relations are examined to show how Euripides manipulates established stereotypes. The play was one of Aristotle's favourites and his enthusiasm derived from the fact that, in spite of its ostensibly happy ending, the play presents the audience with an exquisitely constructed reversal of events: when Iphigenia recognizes that she has been about to sacrifice her long-lost brother, kin-murder is avoided and the plot turns into an escape drama. Other significant concerns of the play surround ritual and the gods, and these are discussed to highlight how the drama asks probing theological questions. Finally, the vast reception history of the play in a variety of genres, such as ancient comedy, Roman philosophy, European opera, and 20th century theatre, is sketched out from antiquity to the present day.

Iphigenia in Tauris

Iphigenia in Tauris PDF Author: Euripides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Proof, corrected, and inscribed "To Gladys, Fellow Olympian, from Hal, 1957." Witter Bynner's translation into English of Euripides's Iphigenia in Taurica.

Iphigenia in Tauris

Iphigenia in Tauris PDF Author: Euripides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iphigenia in Tauris (Choreographic work : Duncan, Isadora)
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description

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