From Agent to Spectator : : Witnessing the Aftermath in Ancient Greek Epic and Tragedy / / Emily Allen-Hornblower.
This book looks at witnesses to suffering and death in ancient Greek epic (Homer’s Iliad) and tragedy. Internal spectators abound in both genres, and have received due scholarly attention. The present monograph covers new ground by dealing with a specific subset of characters: those who are put in t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ,
30 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Helpless Witness: Achilles, Patroclus, and the Portrayal of Vulnerability in the Iliad
- Chapter Two: Spectatorship, Agency, and Alienation in Sophocles’ Trachiniae
- Chapter Three: From Murderer to Messenger: Body, Speech, and Justice in Greek Tragedy
- Chapter Four: Neoptolemus Between Agent and Spectator in Sophocles’ Philoctetes
- Bibliography
- Index