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Euripidean Polemic

Euripidean Polemic The Trojan Women and the Function of Tragedy - Cambridge Classical Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

The book offers an interpretation of Euripides' The Trojan Women which issues from the argument that the function of Greek tragedy was to educate. The author demonstrates that the play performs its function by examining Athenian ideology. By making the didactic function of tragedy the basis of interpretation, he is able to offer a coherent view of a number of long-standing problems in Euripidean criticism, for instance, the relation of Euripides to the Sophists.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521041126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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Language: English
Number of pages: 328
Weight: 436g
Height: 207mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 21mm