The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy /

The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy / / Casey Dué.

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The laments of captive women found in extant Athenian tragedy constitute a fundamentally subversive aspect of Greek drama. In performances supported by and intended for the male citizens of Athens, the songs of the captive women at the Dionysia gave a voice to classes who otherwise would have been m...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Dué, Casey,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2006
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (199 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Men’s Songs and Women’s Songs
  • Chapter 2 Identifying with the Enemy:
  • Chapter 3 Athenians and Trojans
  • Chapter 4 The Captive Woman’s Lament and Her Revenge in Euripides’ Hecuba
  • Chapter 5 A River Shouting with Tears: Euripides’ Trojan Women
  • Chapter 6 The Captive Woman in the House:
  • Conclusion: The Tears of Pity
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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