| Description |
xi, 199 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
European philosophy and the human sciences ; 7 |
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European philosophy and the human sciences ; 7
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| Contents |
J.P. Vernant: (1-5)--1. The historical moment of tragedy in Greece: some of the social and psychological conditions--2. Tensions and ambiguities in Greek tragedy--3. Intimations of the will in Greek tragedy--4. Oedipus without the complex--5. Ambiguity and reversal. On the enigmatic structure of Oedipus Rex--P. Vidal-Nacquet: (6-8)--6. The shields of the heroes--7. Hunting and sacrifice in Aeschylus' Orestes--8. Sophocles' Philoctetes and the ephebia |
| Analysis |
Drama in Greek Tragedies to ca 500 Social aspects |
| Notes |
Drama in Greek. Tragedies,. to ca 500. Social aspects (BNB/PRECIS) |
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Translation of: Mythe et tragédie en Grèce ancienne, published Paris : Maspero, 1972 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translation of: Myth et tragedie en Grèce Ancienne |
| Subject |
Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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Literature and society -- Greece.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature.
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| Author |
Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, 1930-2006.
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| ISBN |
0391019783 (U.S.) |
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0855279168 |
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