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1 online resource (xii, 178 pages) |
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Mnemosyne. Supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature ; volume 344 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 344.
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| Contents |
Classes: Personal servants -- Nurses and tutors -- Other servants -- Heralds -- Priests -- Children -- Individuals: Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they say -- Prologizomenoi -- Eteocles and his scout (Septem) -- Agamemnon and the herald (Agamemnon) -- Admetus and the servants (Alcestis) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by their dialogue -- Creon and the watchman (Antigone) -- Deianeira and the messenger (Trachiniae) -- Orestes and the tutor (S. Electra) -- Iolaus, Alcmene and the servant of Hyllus (Heracleidae) -- Hippolytus and the old man (Hippolytus) -- Andromache and her "syndoulos" (Andromache) -- Electra, Orestes, and the old tutor (E. Electra) -- Menelaus and the doorkeeper (Helen) -- Orestes and the Phrygian slave (Orestes) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they do -- Phaedra and her nurse (Hippolytus) -- Creousa and the old tutor (Ion) -- Agamemnon and the old servant (Ia) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they are -- Electra and the autourgos (E. Electra) -- Heracles and his daughter (Heracleidae) -- Eurystheus and his herald (Heracleidae) -- The Egyptians and their herald (A. Supplices and Aegyptioi) -- Special cases: The Persian queen: the anonymity of a historical figure -- Cilissa: anonymously named -- The slave of Loxias in Ion: naming an anonymous character -- Contrasts and comparisons: Epic: Homer and Hesiod -- Aristophanic comedy: the "kedestes" in Thesmophoriazusae -- A brief note on later tragedy |
| Summary |
This book examines the substantial role played by invented anonymous figures in the transformation of traditional mythological heroes into the unique dramatic characters of Greek Tragedy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Characters and characteristics in literature.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Characters
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Mythology, Greek.
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Characters and characteristics in literature
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Greek drama (Tragedy)
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Mythology, Greek
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004233430 |
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9004233431 |
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1283551179 |
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9781283551175 |
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9786613863621 |
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6613863629 |
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