Euripides: Suppliant Women (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780715636268)

Euripides' "Suppliant Women" is an unfairly neglected master work by the most controversial of the three great tragedians of Ancient Greece. It dramatises the story of one of the proudest moments in Athenian mythical history: the intervention of Theseus in support of international law to force the burial of the Argives who were killed during their attack on Thebes. But Euripides adds new characters to the story and presents the myth in a different and sometimes ambiguous light. A sense of uncertainty and undercutting pervades this play, which dramatises the sufferings of the innocent in war and then at the end foretells more war. As well as presenting a scene-by-scene analysis, this book will discuss the date and background of the play, whether people and events from contemporary Athens can be glimpsed in the drama; the problems of staging, and finally the story in later tradition.

Author: Ian C. Storey
ISBN-10: 071563626X
ISBN-13: 9780715636268
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2008
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.20w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 254