The use of anonymous characters in Greek tragedy: the shaping of heroes
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1. Verfasser: Yoon, Florence 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2012
Schriftenreihe:Mnemosyne: Supplements Volume 344 : Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Classes: Personal servants -- Nurses and tutors -- Other servants -- Heralds -- Priests -- Children -- Individuals: Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they say -- Prologizomenoi -- Eteocles and his scout (Septem) -- Agamemnon and the herald (Agamemnon) -- Admetus and the servants (Alcestis) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by their dialogue -- Creon and the watchman (Antigone) -- Deianeira and the messenger (Trachiniae) -- Orestes and the tutor (S. Electra) -- Iolaus, Alcmene and the servant of Hyllus (Heracleidae) -- Hippolytus and the old man (Hippolytus) -- Andromache and her "syndoulos" (Andromache) -- Electra, Orestes, and the old tutor (E. Electra) -- Menelaus and the doorkeeper (Helen) -- Orestes and the Phrygian slave (Orestes) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they do -- Phaedra and her nurse (Hippolytus) -- Creousa and the old tutor (Ion) -- Agamemnon and the old servant (Ia) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they are -- Electra and the autourgos (E. Electra) -- Heracles and his daughter (Heracleidae) -- Eurystheus and his herald (Heracleidae) -- The Egyptians and their herald (A. Supplices and Aegyptioi) -- Special cases: The Persian queen: the anonymity of a historical figure -- Cilissa: anonymously named -- The slave of Loxias in Ion: naming an anonymous character -- Contrasts and comparisons: Epic: Homer and Hesiod -- Aristophanic comedy: the "kedestes" in Thesmophoriazusae -- A brief note on later tragedy
This book examines the substantial role played by invented anonymous figures in the transformation of traditional mythological heroes into the unique dramatic characters of Greek Tragedy
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