Ritual irony : poetry and sacrifice in Euripides /

Ritual Irony is a critical study of four problematic later plays of Euripides: the Iphigenia in Aulis, the Phoenissae, the Heracles, and the Bacchae.Examining Euripides' representation of sacrificial ritual against the background of late fifth-century Athens, Helene P. Foley shows that each of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Euripides > Criticism and interpretation. Euripides. Didactic drama, Greek > History and criticism. Mythology, Greek, in literature. Sacrifice in literature. Ritual in literature. Irony in literature. Tragedy. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Didactic drama, Greek. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
I. Drama and Sacrifice
2 . The Iphigenia in Aulis
3 . The Phoenissae
4. The Heracles
5 . The Bacchae
Bibliography
Index