Ritual Irony : Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides /

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.
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