Achilles in Greek TragedyIn contrast to earlier scholarly work, which has focused on the Achilles of the Homeric epics, this study examines how one of the most popular and glamorous figures of Greek mythology was imagined on the tragic stage of fifth-century Athens. Dr Michelakis argues that dramatists persistently appropriated Achilles to address concerns of their time, from heroism and education to individualism and gender. The book considers the whole corpus of extant Greek tragedy, with particular attention paid to Aeschylus' Myrmidons and Euripides' Hecuba and Iphigenia at Aulis. |
Contents
The problematic hero Aeschylus Myrmidons | 18 |
The dead hero Euripides Hecuba | 52 |
The hero to be Euripides Iphigen1a at Aulis | 78 |
Mapping the heroic absence Achilles in other plays | 138 |
Afterword | 180 |
Bibliography | 184 |
General index | 202 |
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Achaeans Achilleis Achilles and Patroclus Aesch Aeschines Aeschylean Achilles Aeschylus Agamemnon Ajax Andromache anger apparition Aristophanes armour Athenian Athens Bacchylides battlefield behaviour Cambridge Chorus CLYT Clytemnestra Collard cult hero Cycnus dead death dramatic characters dramatic figure dramatises Electra epic episode Euripidean Euripides fifth fragments further bibliography ghost Greek army Hector Hecuba Heracles heroic heroism homosexuality honour Iliad individual Iphigenia at Aulis Kossatz-Deissmann lament lines literary Lovers of Achilles Myrmidons myth mythological narrative Neoptolemus Nereids Odysseus Peleus Philoctetes Pindar Plato play plot poem poetry Polydorus Polyxena protagonist Radt references to Achilles relation representations of Achilles Rhesus role sacrifice of Iphigenia sacrifice of Polyxena satyr scene social Sophocles speech stage Stockert stoning suggests Taplin Telephus theme Thetis Thracian Chersonese tion tomb tragedy tragic trilogy Trojan Troy vase paintings warrior ἀλλ Αχ γὰρ δὲ ἐν καὶ Κλ μὴ οὐ πρὸς τε τὸ τὸν
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Page xvi - Aristotle Poetics, Longinus on the Sublime, Demetrius on Style. Loeb Classical Library.