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Author:

Buxton, R. G. A. author

Title:

Myths and tragedies in their ancient Greek contexts / Richard Buxton.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.

Contents:

Part II. Feminized males in Bakchai: the importance of discrimination. Imaginary Greek mountains -- Wolves and werewolves in Greek thought -- Mythological names: the case of melas -- The myth of Talos: vulnerability, ich¿‍r, and boundary-crossing -- Movement and stillness: versions of Medea. Part II. Myths in tragedy -- Tragedy and Greek myth -- Time, space, and ideology: tragic myths and the Athenian Polis -- Bafflement in Greek tragedy -- Blindness and limits: Sophokles [Sophocles] and the logic of myth -- Euripides' Alkestis: five aspects of an interpretation -- Feminized males in Bakchai: the importance of discrimination.

Summary:

This work brings together Richard Buxton's studies of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, focusing especially on the interrelationship between the two. Situating and contextualising topics and themes within the world of ancient Greece, he traces the intricate variations and retellings which they underwent in Greek antiquity.

ISBN:

0199557616 (hardcover)
9780199557615 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)857280701

LCCN:

2012277858

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)