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Helene P. Foley

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Description:Chosen as one of the ten canonical plays by Euripides during the Hellenistic period in Greece, Hecuba was popular throughout Antiquity. The play also became part of the so-called 'Byzantine triad' of three plays of Euripides (along with Phoenician Women & Orestes) selected for study in school curricula, above all for the brilliance of its rhetorical speeches & quotable traditional wisdom. Translations into Latin & vernacular languages, as well as stage performances emerged early in the 16th century. The Renaissance admired the play for its representation of the extraordinary suffering & misfortunes of its newly-enslaved heroine, the former queen of Troy Hecuba, for the courageous sacrificial death of her daughter Polyxena, & for the beleaguered queen's surprisingly successful revenge against the unscrupulous killer of her son Polydorus. Later periods, however, developed reservations about the play's revenge plot & its unity. Recent scholarship has favorably reassessed the play in its original cultural & political context & the past 30 years have produced a number of exciting staged productions. Hecuba has emerged as a profound exploration of the difficulties of establishing justice & a stable morality in post-war situations. This book investigates the play's changing critical & theatrical reception from Antiquity to the present, its mythical & political background, its dramatic & thematic unity & the role of its choruses.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Euripides: Hecuba (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy). To get started finding Euripides: Hecuba (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chosen as one of the ten canonical plays by Euripides during the Hellenistic period in Greece, Hecuba was popular throughout Antiquity. The play also became part of the so-called 'Byzantine triad' of three plays of Euripides (along with Phoenician Women & Orestes) selected for study in school curricula, above all for the brilliance of its rhetorical speeches & quotable traditional wisdom. Translations into Latin & vernacular languages, as well as stage performances emerged early in the 16th century. The Renaissance admired the play for its representation of the extraordinary suffering & misfortunes of its newly-enslaved heroine, the former queen of Troy Hecuba, for the courageous sacrificial death of her daughter Polyxena, & for the beleaguered queen's surprisingly successful revenge against the unscrupulous killer of her son Polydorus. Later periods, however, developed reservations about the play's revenge plot & its unity. Recent scholarship has favorably reassessed the play in its original cultural & political context & the past 30 years have produced a number of exciting staged productions. Hecuba has emerged as a profound exploration of the difficulties of establishing justice & a stable morality in post-war situations. This book investigates the play's changing critical & theatrical reception from Antiquity to the present, its mythical & political background, its dramatic & thematic unity & the role of its choruses.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Euripides: Hecuba (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy). To get started finding Euripides: Hecuba (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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