Euripides: Hecuba

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"Chosen as one of the ten canonical plays by Euripides during the Hellenistic period in Greece, Hecuba was popular throughout Antiquity. The play also became part of the so-called ''Byzantine triad'' of three plays of Euripides (along with Phoenician Women and Orestes) selected for study in school curricula, above all for the brilliance of its rhetorical speeches and quotable traditional wisdom. Translations into Latin and vernacular languages, as well as stage performances emerged early in the…

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Full title :Euripides: Hecuba / Helene P. Foley.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:XIV, 146 pagina's ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781472569073, 1472569075
oclc:ocn919975890
LC Classification:PA3973.H3 F65 2014
Dewey Decimal:882.01

Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Maps of the World of Hecuba; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Play in its Context; 2 Theatrical Festivals and the Mythical Tradition; The Performance Context; The Mythical Tradition; 3 Dramatic Structure and Unity; The Action of the Play; The 'Problem of Unity'; 4 Interpreting the Action: Hecuba and the Power of Persuasion; Ghosts in Greek Tragedy; Hecuba's Entrance; The Debate between Odysseus and Hecuba; Polyxena's Sacrifice; Hecuba's Supplication to Agamemnon; 5 Hecuba's Revenge; The Final 'Trial'Hecuba's Trial Speech; 6 The Role of the Chorus; 7 Sizing up Revenge Tragedy; Concluding Analysis of the Play; 8 Performances of Hecuba; Pre-twentieth- century Performances; Twentieth- and Twenty-first-century Performances; Chronology; Glossary of Ancient and Technical Terms; Guide to Further Reading; Notes; Bibliography; Index.