In:
Antichthon, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 38 ( 2004), p. 10-28
Abstract:
One of the most pleasurable features of the plays of Euripides is his exploration of a wide range of character types, each of whom has the potential to be more exciting than the previous one. The fictional Aeschylus in the underworld of Aristophanes' Frogs (1043) remembers in particular the wicked women (Stheneboea, Phaedra), but Euripides also had his share of pious and self-sacrificing virgins (Macaria, Polyxena, Iphigenia), faithful wives (Helen in her name play, Andromache, Alcestis, Evadne), shrewd matriarchs (Hecuba, Jocasta, Aethra, Alcmene), and priestesses (Cassandra, Iphigenia in I. T. , Theonoe, the Pythia).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0066-4774
,
2056-8819
DOI:
10.1017/S0066477400001477
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2004
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2572430-7
SSG:
6,12
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