| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 495 pages) : maps |
| Series |
The new classical canon |
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New classical canon.
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| Contents |
Alcestis -- Medea -- Helen -- Iphigenia at Aulis |
| Summary |
Women on the Edge, a collection of Alcestis, Medea, Helen, and Iphegenia at Aulis, provides a broad sample of Euripides' plays focusing on women, and spans the chronology of his surviving works, from the earliest, to his last, incomplete, and posthumously produced masterpiece. Each play shows women in various roles--slave, unmarried girl, devoted wife, alienated wife, mother, daughter--providing a range of evidence about the kinds of meaning and effects the category woman conveyed in ancient Athens. The female protagonists in these plays test the boundaries--literal |
| Analysis |
English |
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History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-495) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Translated from the ancient Greek |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Euripides -- Translations into English
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta -- Drama
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Iphigenia (Mythological character) -- Drama
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Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae -- Drama
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Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character) -- Drama
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| SUBJECT |
Alcestis, Queen, consort of Admetus, King of Pherae fast |
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Euripides fast |
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta fast |
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Iphigenia (Mythological character) fast |
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Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character) fast |
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Translations into English
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Women -- Mythology -- Drama
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Greek drama (Tragedy)
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Women -- Mythology
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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tragedies.
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Tragedies (Drama)
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Drama
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Translations
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Tragedies.
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Tragedies (Drama)
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Tragédies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blondell, Ruby, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0203906691 |
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9780203906699 |
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9780415907736 |
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041590773X |
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9786610407545 |
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6610407541 |
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9781135964573 |
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1135964572 |
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9781135964610 |
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1135964610 |
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9781135964627 |
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1135964629 |
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1280407549 |
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9781280407543 |
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