Euripides and the Gods

Zusatztext Lefkowitz's main point here remains compelling! that the gods in Euripides' dramas are no different than in Homeric epic or the works of Aeschylus and Sophocles. ... Chapter 1! the strongest in the book! depicts in great detail the descent of Aristophanic commentary through the ages to twentieth-century critics who believe that the portrayal of the gods must be ironic. This chapter is the work of incisive scholarship! with years of study of ancient! medieval andmodern texts brilliantly and clearly displayed. Informationen zum Autor Mary Lefkowitz is Mellon Professor in the Humanities, emerita, at Wellesley College. She is the author of many books on classical culture, including Women in Greek Myth, Greek Gods, Human Lives, The Lives of the Greek Poets, and Not Out of Africa, and co-editor of Women's Life in Greece and Rome and Black Athena Revisited. Klappentext Many modern readers believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the existence of the gods. In Euripides and the Gods, eminent classicist Mary K. Zusammenfassung Many modern readers believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the existence of the gods. In Euripides and the Gods, eminent classicist Mary K.

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Many modern readers believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the existence of the gods. In Euripides and the Gods, eminent classicist Mary K.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Lefkowitz, Mary (Professor Emerita of Classical St Lefkowitz, Lefkowitz Mary
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2016
• EAN: 9780199752058
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975205-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture; Onassis Series in Hellenic Cul; Onassis Hellenic Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; DRAMA / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Plays, playscripts, drama