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Ritual Irony : Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides /

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Examining Euripides' representation of sacrificial ritual against the background of late fifth-century Athens, Helene P. Foley shows that each of these plays confronts directly the difficulty of making an archaic poetic tradition relevant to a democratic society. She explores the important medi...

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Main Author: Foley, Helene P., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1985.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Euripide, > 0480-0406 av. J.-C.
Euripides > Criticism and interpretation.
Euripides.
Euripide > Critique et interpretation.
Irony in literature.
Sacrifice in literature.
Ritual in literature.
Tragedy.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Didactic drama, Greek.
tragedies.
Tragedie.
Mythologie grecque dans la litterature.
Ironie dans la litterature.
Sacrifice dans la litterature.
Rituel dans la litterature.
Didactic drama, Greek > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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