Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Pollution, interpretation and understanding; 2. Pollution and the stability of civic space; 3. Evaluation and stability in Aeschylus' Oresteia; 4. Pollution, purity and civic identity; Envoi.

About the author

Fabian Meinel is an affiliated researcher at the Centre Paul-Albert Février at the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme in Aix-en-Provence.

Summary

Pollution is a striking and ubiquitous feature of Greek tragedy. This book undertakes the first detailed analysis of its important role in the plays and will appeal to scholars and students of Greek tragedy at all levels and anyone interested in the concept of ritual pollution.

Product details

• Authors: Fabian Meinel, Fabian (Universite d'Aix-Marseille) Meinel, Meinel Fabian
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108820103
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82010-3
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 150 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, Literary studies: plays and playwrights