Performing oaths in classical Greek drama
"Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a formal oath sworn before the audience. This is the first comprehensive study of that phenomenon. The boo...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Fletcher, Judith. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Performing oaths in classical Greek drama |h [electronic resource] / |c Judith Fletcher. |
| 260 | |a Cambridge ; |a New York : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2012. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 277 p. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. From curses to blessings: horkos in the Oresteia; 2. Speaking like a man: Sophocles' Trachiniae and Philoctetes; 3. Horkos in the polis: Athens, Thebes, and Sophocles; 4. Perjury and other perversions: Euripides' Phoenissae, Orestes, and Cyclops; 5. Twisted justice in Aristophanes' Clouds; 6. Women and oaths in Euripides; 7. How to do things with Euripides: Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae; 8. Swearing off sex in Aristophanes' Lysistrata; Conclusion. | |
| 520 | |a "Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a formal oath sworn before the audience. This is the first comprehensive study of that phenomenon. The book explores how the oath can mark or structure a dramatic plot, at times compelling characters like Euripides' Hippolytus to act contrary to their best interests. It demonstrates how dramatic oaths resonate with oath rituals familiar to the Athenian audiences. Aristophanes' Lysistrata and her accomplices, for example, swear an oath that blends protocols of international treaties with priestesses' vows of sexual abstinence. By employing the principles of Speech Act theory, this book examines how the performative power of the dramatic oath can mirror the status quo, but also disturb categories of gender, social status and civic identity in ways that redistribute and confound social authority"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2012. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Aeschylus |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Sophocles |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Euripides |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Aristophanes |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Greek drama |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Oaths in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Speech acts (Linguistics) in literature. | |
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