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• catalog abstract "This book sets out to interpret Euripides' The Trojan Women in the light of a view of tragedy which sees its function, as it was understood in classical Athens, as being didactic. This function, the author argues, was carried out by an examination of the ideology to which the audience subscribed. The Trojan Women, powerfully exploiting the dramatic context of the aftermath of the Trojan War, is a remarkable example of tragic teaching. The play questions a series of mutually reinforcing polarities (man/god; man/woman; Greek/barbarian; free/slave) through which an Athenian citizen defined himself, and also examines the dangers of rhetoric and the value of victory in war. By making the didactic function of tragedy the basis of interpretation, the author is able to offer a coherent view of a number of long-standing problems in Euripidean and tragic criticism, namely the relation of Euripides to the sophists, the pervasive self-reference and anachronism in Euripides, the problem of contemporary reference, and the construction and importance of the tragic scene. The book, which makes use of recent scholarship both in Classics and in critical theory, should be read by all those interested in Greek tragedy and in the culture of late fifth-century Athens.".
• catalog contributor b6866510.
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description "1. Teaching, ideology and war. The didactic production. War and ideology. Polemos and logos: the conditions of production -- 2. Polarities. Ritual disorder. Aftermath of war: women on stage. No one is free. Who is the barbarian? Friends and enemies -- 3. The agon. The ends of the war. The causes of the war -- 4. Space and time. The space of Athens. Tragic space. Past, present and future: the space of Troy. Euripidean time. Senses of time: the characters. Senses of time: the play. Self-reference: the audience and the play -- 5. As if war had given a lecture -- Appendix: Ideology and war.".
• catalog description "By making the didactic function of tragedy the basis of interpretation, the author is able to offer a coherent view of a number of long-standing problems in Euripidean and tragic criticism, namely the relation of Euripides to the sophists, the pervasive self-reference and anachronism in Euripides, the problem of contemporary reference, and the construction and importance of the tragic scene. The book, which makes use of recent scholarship both in Classics and in critical theory, should be read by all those interested in Greek tragedy and in the culture of late fifth-century Athens.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-289) and indexes.".
• catalog description "This book sets out to interpret Euripides' The Trojan Women in the light of a view of tragedy which sees its function, as it was understood in classical Athens, as being didactic. This function, the author argues, was carried out by an examination of the ideology to which the audience subscribed. The Trojan Women, powerfully exploiting the dramatic context of the aftermath of the Trojan War, is a remarkable example of tragic teaching. The play questions a series of mutually reinforcing polarities (man/god; man/woman; Greek/barbarian; free/slave) through which an Athenian citizen defined himself, and also examines the dangers of rhetoric and the value of victory in war.".
• catalog extent "xii, 315 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Euripidean polemic.".
• catalog identifier "0521464900 (hardback)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Euripidean polemic.".
• catalog isPartOf "Cambridge classical studies".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog relation "Euripidean polemic.".
• catalog spatial "Greece.".
• catalog subject "882/.01 20".
• catalog subject "Didactic drama, Greek History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Euripides Political and social views.".
• catalog subject "Euripides. Trojan women.".
• catalog subject "Hecuba (Legendary character) in literature.".
• catalog subject "Hecuba, Queen of Troy In literature.".
• catalog subject "PA3973.T83 C76 1994".
• catalog subject "Polemics.".
• catalog subject "Tragedy.".
• catalog subject "Trojan War Literature and the war.".
• catalog subject "Women and literature Greece.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Teaching, ideology and war. The didactic production. War and ideology. Polemos and logos: the conditions of production -- 2. Polarities. Ritual disorder. Aftermath of war: women on stage. No one is free. Who is the barbarian? Friends and enemies -- 3. The agon. The ends of the war. The causes of the war -- 4. Space and time. The space of Athens. Tragic space. Past, present and future: the space of Troy. Euripidean time. Senses of time: the characters. Senses of time: the play. Self-reference: the audience and the play -- 5. As if war had given a lecture -- Appendix: Ideology and war.".
• catalog title "Euripidean polemic : the Trojan women and the function of tragedy / N.T. Croally.".
• catalog type "text".