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In this book Professor Mastronarde draws on the seventeen surviving tragedies of Euripides, as well as the fragmentary remains of his lost plays, to explore key topics in the interpretation of the plays. It investigates their relation to the Greek poetic tradition and to the social and political structures of their original setting, aiming both to be attentive to the great variety of the corpus and to identify commonalities across it. In examining such topics as genre, structural strategies, the chorus, the gods, rhetoric, and the portrayal of women and men, this study highlights the ways in which audience responses are manipulated through the use of plot structures and the multiplicity of viewpoints expressed. It argues that the dramas of Euripides, through their dramatic technique, pose a strong challenge to simple formulations of norms, to the reading of consistent human character, and to the quest for certainty and closure.

Thyestes (Greek mythology) in literature. --- Tragedy. --- Latin drama (Tragedy) --- History and criticism --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, --- Euripides --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Tragédie grecque --- Tragedies. --- Tragédie grecque --- Euripides. --- Thyestes (Greek mythology) in literature --- Tragedy --- Drama --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Tragédie grecque. --- Ėvripid --- Yūrībīdīs --- Euripide --- Euripedes --- Eŭripido --- Eurypides --- Euripidesu --- אוריפידס --- エウリーピデース --- Εὐριπίδης --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Thyestes, --- In literature. --- Tragédie grecque.

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The Roman statesman, philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca dramatically influenced the progression of Western thought. His works have had an unparalleled impact on the development of ethical theory, shaping a code of behavior for dealing with tyranny in his own age that endures today. This Companion thoroughly examines the complete Senecan corpus, with special emphasis on the aspects of his writings that have challenged interpretation. The authors place Seneca in the context of the ancient world and trace his impressive legacy in literature, art, religion, and politics from Neronian Rome to the early modern period. Through critical discussion of the recent proliferation of Senecan studies, this volume compellingly illustrates how the perception of Seneca and his particular type of Stoicism has evolved over time. It provides a comprehensive overview that will benefit students and scholars in classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy and political theory, as well as general readers.

Seneca [Younger] --- Literary collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, --- History and criticism --- Sénèque, --- Critique et interprétation --- Sénèque --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Critique et interprétation. --- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, - approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

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Didactic poetry, Classical --- Reader-response criticism --- Poésie didactique classique --- Esthétique de la réception --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique

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