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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Mnemosyne supplements ; v. 344
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 344.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Characters and characteristics in literature.
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Characters and characteristics in literature. |
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) |
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Characters.
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Mythology, Greek.
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Mythology, Greek. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yoon, Florence, 1981- Use of anonymous characters in Greek tragedy. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004229037 (DLC) 2012011717 (OCoLC)781848535 |
| ISBN |
9789004233430 (electronic book) |
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9004233431 (electronic book) |
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9789004229037 |
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9004229035 |
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