Ritual Irony : Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides / / Helene P. Foley.
Ritual Irony is a critical study of four problematic later plays of Euripides: the Iphigenia in Aulis, the Phoenissae, the Heracles, and the Bacchae.Examining Euripides' representation of sacrificial ritual against the background of late fifth-century Athens, Helene P. Foley shows that each of...
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Foley, Helene P., 1942- Ritual Irony Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides / Helene P. Foley. Cornell University Press 2019 Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1985. ©1985. 1 online resource (285 p. ) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy In English. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- I. Drama and Sacrifice -- 2 . The Iphigenia in Aulis -- 3 . The Phoenissae -- 4. The Heracles -- 5 . The Bacchae -- Bibliography -- Index Ritual Irony is a critical study of four problematic later plays of Euripides: the Iphigenia in Aulis, the Phoenissae, the Heracles, and the Bacchae.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 mediating role played by choral poetry and ritual in the plays, asserting that Euripides' sacrificial metaphors and ritual performances link an anachronistic mythic ideal with a world dominated by "chance" or an incomprehensible divinity. Foley utilizes the ideas and methodology of contemporary literary theory and symbolic anthropology, addressing issues central to the emerging dialogue between the two fields. Her conclusions have important implications for the study of Greek tragedy as a whole and for our understanding of Euripides' tragic irony, his conception of religion, and the role of his choral odes.Assuming no specialized knowledge, Ritual Irony is aimed at all readers of Euripidean tragedy. It will prove particularly valuable to students and scholars of classics, comparative literature, and symbolic anthropology. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 259-273. Description based on print version record. Tragedy. Irony in literature. Ritual in literature. Sacrifice in literature. Mythology, Greek, in literature. Didactic drama, Greek History and criticism. Euripides Criticism and interpretation. Electronic books. Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval 1-5017-4064-4 0-8014-1692-2 9781501740626 |
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