Euripides' Alcestis narrative, myth, and religion / Andreas Markantonatos.

Author/creator Markantonatos, Andreas
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin : De Gruyter, [2013]
Descriptionx, 223 pages ; 24 cm
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SeriesUntersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Band 112
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 112. ^A316915
Contents Narrative, myth, and religion: Introduction -- Tragic storytelling: form and content -- Tragic worlds: narrating the Athenian polis -- Euripides' Alcestis: narrative and interpretation -- Narrative: Introduction -- Death is death is death: narrating a world of perennial suffering -- Myth: Introduction -- Mythological intertextuality: Alcestis and Heracles -- Prophecy, theory, action: the making of a hero -- Religion: Introduction -- Death is death is life: Eleusinian Orphism and moral courage -- Death is death is life: Alcestis, Athens, and mystical salvation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 164-216) and index.
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LCCN 2013035189
ISBN9783110330854 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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