Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Epic Weapons on the Tragic Stage -- 2. Tragic Textiles and the House of Atreus -- 3. The Material Poetics of Tragic Recognition -- Part II -- 4. Electra's Urns: Receptacles and Tragic Reception -- 5. Ajax's Shield: Bridging Troy and Athens -- 6. Tragic and Tragicomic "Letters" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index Locorum
Summary
"'Objects as Actors' charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked, fact: Greek tragedy was meant to be performed. As plays, the works were incomplete without physical items - theatrical props. The author shows the importance of objects in the staging and reception of Athenian tragedy."-- Provided by publisher
