Why Athens?

A Reappraisal of Tragic Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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This collection of fourteen essays and six short responses reconsiders Greek tragedy as a reflection of Athenian political culture. The contributors try to avoid making the controversial assumption that the politics of tragedy were of simple relevance to the Athenian democracy. Instead, they look for other ways to explain the Athenianness of tragedy. These include: the polyphonic discourse of tragedy; the presentation of Athens in some plays (and the representation of foreigners too); tragedy as an Athenian form of choral performance; and the ways in which family matters are presented, for example marriage alliances or inheritance law. Why Athens? opens up important new ways of considering tragedy as a political art form.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-04-07
Mått162 x 241 x 34 mm
Vikt904 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor494
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780199562329

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Introduction ; I. CONTEXT ; 1. The glue of democracy? Tragedy, structure and finance ; 2. Plato, drama, and rhetoric ; 3. Nothing to do with Athens? Tragedians at the courts of tyrants ; Response ; II. DISCOURSE ; 4. Athenian tragedy as democratic discourse ; 5. Euripidean euboulia and the problem of 'tragic politics' ; 6. 'Possessing an unbridled tongue': frank speech and speaking back in Euripides' Orestes ; Response ; III. FAMILIES ; 7. Extended families, marriage, and inter-city relations in (later) Athenian tragedy: Dynasts II ; 8. Inheritance and the Athenian nature of Sophoclean tragedy ; Response ; IV. CHORUSES ; 9. Choroi achoroi: the Athenian politics of tragic choral identity ; 10. Pity and panhellenic politics: choral emotion in Euripides' Hecuba and Trojan Women ; Response ; V. SUPPLIANTS ; 11. Supplication and empire in Athenian tragedy ; 12. Athens in Euripides' Suppliants: ritual, politics, and theatre ; Response ; VI. ATHENS AND GREECE ; 13. The panhellenism of Athenian tragedy ; 14. Hellenicity in later Euripidean tragedy ; Response