| Achilles in Greek Tragedy Contributor(s): Michelakis, Pantelis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521818435 ISBN-13: 9780521818438 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: In contrast to earlier scholarly work on Achilles of the Homeric epics, this study examines how one of the most popular figures of Greek mythology was portrayed on the tragic stage of fifth-century Athens. Pantelis Michelakis asserts that dramatists persistently appropriated Achilles to address concerns ranging from heroism and education to individualism and gender. The book considers the complete corpus of extant Greek tragedy, with particular attention paid to Aeschylus' Myrmidons and Euripides' Hecuba and Iphigenia at Aulis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 882.010 |
| LCCN: 2002020174 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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Contributor Bio(s): Michelakis, Pantelis: - Pantelis Michelakis is a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford and Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford. |