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Euripides's revolution under cover : an essay

Title
Euripides's revolution under cover : an essay / Pietro Pucci.
Author
Pucci, Pietro
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.

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Description
vi, 235 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Cornell studies in classical philology
Uniform Title
Cornell studies in classical philology.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction : Euripides's poetic game and law of composition -- Anthropomorphism -- The protection of the self and the role of sophia -- Some connotations of sophia -- Polyneikes' truth -- Hecuba's rhetoric -- Eros in Euripides's poetics : sex as the cause of the Trojan War -- The lewd gaze of the eye -- The power of love : who is Aphrodite? -- Phaedra -- Hermione : the Andromache -- Female victims of war : The Troades -- Survival in poetry -- Figures of metalepsis : the invention of literature -- The failure of politics in Euripides's poetics : politics in Suppliant women -- Political philosophy : a universal program of peace and progress -- How to deliberate a war -- Democracy and monarchy -- The battle -- The rescue of the corpses -- Return to arms -- The polis's loss of control and authority -- The Bacchants' gospel and the Greek city -- Pentheus and Tiresias -- Dionysus' revenge : first round -- Revenge prepares its murderous weapons -- Initiation and sacrifice -- Victory and defeat -- Euripides's poetry.
Call Number
JFE 16-4656
ISBN
  • 9781501700613
  • 1501700618
LCCN
2015036262
OCLC
921926760
Author
Pucci, Pietro, author.
Title
Euripides's revolution under cover : an essay / Pietro Pucci.
Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cornell studies in classical philology
Cornell studies in classical philology.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-4656
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