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Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides
by Foley, Helene P
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801416922
- ISBN 13
- 9780801416927
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E-255: Cornell University Press. Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 1985. 285 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Examining Euripides' representation of sacrificial ritual against the background of late fifth-century Athens, Helene P. Foley shows that each of these plays confronts directly the difficulty of making an archaic poetic tradition relevant to a democratic society. She explores the important mediating role played by choral poetry and ritual in the plays, asserting that Euripides' sacrificial metaphors and ritual performances link an anachronistic mythic ideal with a world dominated by "chance" or an incomprehensible divinity. Foley utilizes the ideas and methodology of contemporary literary theory and symbolic anthropology, addressing issues central to the emerging dialogue between the two fields. Her conclusions have important implications for the study of Greek tragedy as a whole and for our understanding of Euripides' tragic irony, his conception of religion, and the role of his choral odes. EB; 9.5 X 6.5 X 1.0 inches; 285 pages .
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- Title
- Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides
- Author
- Foley, Helene P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801416922
- ISBN 13
- 9780801416927
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- E-255
- Date Published
- 1985
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