Euripides: Alcestis

Euripides: Alcestis

by Slater, Niall W.

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In the Alcestis, the title character sacrifices her own life to save that of her husband, Admetus, when he is presented with the opportunity to have someone die in his place. Alcestis compresses within itself both tragedy and its apparent reversal, staging in the process fascinating questions about gender roles, family loyalties, the nature of heroism, and the role of commemoration. Alcestis is Euripides's earliest complete work and his only surviving play from the period preceding the outbreak…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Euripides: Alcestis / by Niall W. Slater.

Summary

In the Alcestis, the title character sacrifices her own life to save that of her husband, Admetus, when he is presented with the opportunity to have someone die in his place. Alcestis compresses within itself both tragedy and its apparent reversal, staging in the process fascinating questions about gender roles, family loyalties, the nature of heroism, and the role of commemoration. Alcestis is Euripides's earliest complete work and his only surviving play from the period preceding the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. Currently dominant post-structuralist models of Greek trage.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1780934742, 9781780934747, 9781780934754, 1780934750, 9781472539731, 1472539737
  • oclc:ocn869563355
  • LC Classification:PA3973.A5
  • Dewey Decimal:882

Table of Contents

FC ; Half title; Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy ; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; 1 438 and All That; The Myth(s); Production Conditions; 2 The Action of the Play; Prologue; Parôdos; Episode; First Stasimon; Episode; Second Stasimon; Episode; Third Stasimon; Episode; Kommos; Fourth Stasimon; Episode and Exodos; 3 Themes of the Play; The House and the Door; Husband and Wife; Parents and Children; Xenia, Philia, and Charis; Life and Death; Lament; Fame and Infamy; Doubles and Opposites; Alcestis' Statue; Marriage, Remarriage-and Silence; 4 Afterlives of an Afterlife.

In AntiquityFrom Late Antiquity to the Renaissance; From Shakespeare to the Nineteenth Century; The Twentieth Century; The Alcestiad; Ted Hughes' Alcestis; Chronology; Abbreviations; Glossary; Guide to Further Reading; Texts, Commentaries, and Concordance; Translations; Adaptations; General Studies of Greek Tragedy and Reception; Books and Articles on Alcestis; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

Alcestis (Euripides) Classical drama Classical drama -- History and criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval Euripides Greek drama (Tragedy) Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and cr… Literary studies -- classical, early & … Literary studies: plays & playwrights Literature Théâtre ancien -- Histoire et critique Tragédie grecque -- Histoire et critique

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Slater, Niall W.

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