Euripides' 'Alcestis' Narrative, Myth, and Religion
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Andreas Markantonatos
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Euripides' 'Alcestis' Narrative, Myth, and Religion
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
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9783110330977
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Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und GeschichteISSN
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1
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CHF 115.40
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Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
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English
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235
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This unique volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides’
Alcestis< EM>. It contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion. It will reward readers interested in Greek literature and especially Euripidean tragedy, as well as in modern literary theory and especially narratology.
A. Markantonatos
, niversity of the Peloponnese, Kalamata.
Preface
7
Chapter 1 Narrative, Myth, and Religion
13
I. Introduction
13
II. Tragic Storytelling: Form and Content
13
III. Tragic Worlds: Narrating the Athenian Polis
19
IV. Euripides’ Alcestis: Narrative and Interpretation
27
Chapter 2 Narrative
34
I. Introduction
34
II. Death is Death is Death: Narrating a World of Perennial Suffering
35
Chapter 3 Myth
98
I. Introduction
98
II. Mythological Intertextuality: Alcestis and Heracles
100
III. Prophecy, Theory, Action: The Making of a Hero
106
Chapter 4 Religion
143
I. Introduction
143
II. Death is Death is Life: Eleusinian Orphism and Moral Courage
147
III. Death is Death is Life: Alcestis, Athens, and Mystical Salvation
163
Conclusion
172
Bibliography
176
I. Abbreviations
176
II. Editions
176
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III. List of Works Cited
177
General Index
229
Index of Greek Words
232
Index of Alcestis Passages
233
