A Companion to Euripides (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World)

__A Companion to Euripides__ is an up-to-date, centralized assessment of Euripides and his work, drawing from the most recently published texts, commentaries, and scholarship, and offering detailed discussions and provocative interpretations of his extant plays and fragments. * The most contemporary scholarship on Euripides and his oeuvre, featuring the latest texts and commentaries * Leading scholars in the field discuss all of Euripides’ plays and their afterlife with breadth and depth * A dedicated section focuses on the reception of Euripidean drama since the Hellenistic * Original and provocative interpretations of Euripides and his plays forge important paths of in future scholarship Euripides Has Enjoyed A Resurgence Of Interest As A Result Of Many Recent Important Publications, Attesting To The Poet's Enduring Relevance To The Modern World. A Companion To Euripides Is The Product Of This Contemporary Work, With Many Essays Drawing On The Latest Texts, Commentaries, And Scholarship On The Man And His Oeuvre. Divided Into Seven Sections, The Companion Begins With A General Discussion Of Euripidean Drama. The Following Sections Contain Essays On Euripidean Biography And The Manuscript Tradition, And Individual Essays On Each Play, Organized In Chronological Order. Chapters Offer Summaries Of Important Scholarship And Methodologies, Synopses Of Individual Plays And The Myths From Which They Borrow Their Plots, And Conclude With Suggestions For Additional Reading. The Final Two Sections Deal With Topics Central To Euripidean Scholarship, Such As Religion, Myth, And Gender, And The Reception Of Euripides From The 4th Century Bce To The Modern World. A Companion To Euripides Brings Together A Variety Of Leading Euripides Scholars From A Wide Range Of Perspectives. As A Result, Specific Issues And Themes Emerge Across The Chapters As Central To Our Understanding Of The Poet And His Meaning For Our Time. Contributions Are Original And Provocative Interpretations Of Euripides' Plays, Which Forge Important Paths Of Inquiry For Future Scholarship. Laura K. Mcclure Is Professor Of Classics At The University Of Wisconsin, Madison. --book Jacket. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Text And Transmission / Laura K. Mcclure -- 3. The Euripidean Biography / Donald J. Mastronarde -- 4. Euripides And The Development Of Greek Tragedy / Ruth Scodel -- 5. Alcestis / John Gibert -- 6. Medea / Eirene Visvardi -- 7. Children Of Heracles / Laura Swift -- 8. Hippolytus / Owen E. Goslin -- 9. Andromache / Mary Ebbott -- 10. Hecuba / Ian C. Storey -- 11. Suppliant Women / Daniel Turkeltaub -- 12. Electra / Laura K. Mcclure -- 13. Heracles: The Perfect Piece / Hanna M. Roisman -- 14. Trojan Women / C.w. Marshall -- 15. Iphigenia In Tauris / Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz -- 16. Ion: An Edible Fairy Tale? / Jennifer Clarke Kosak -- 17. Significant Inconsistencies In Euripides' Helen / Emma M. Griffiths -- 18. Phoenician Women / Deborah Baedeker -- 19. Orestes / Anna A. Lamari -- 20. Iphigenia At Aulis / Elton Barker -- 21. Bacchae / Isabelle Torrance -- 22. Cyclops / Laurialan Reitzammer -- 23. Rhesus / Patrick O'sullivan -- 24. Fragments And Fragmentary Plays / Vayos Liapis -- 25. Form And Structure / Christopher Collard -- 26. The Theater Of Euripides / Markus Dubischar -- 27. The Euripidean Chorus / David Kawalko Roselli -- 28. Euripides And The Sound Of Music / Sheila Murnaghan -- 29. Euripides And His Intellectual Context / Armand D'angour -- 30. Myth / Francis M. Dunn -- 31. Euripides And Religion / Matthew Wright -- 32. Gender / Judith Fletcher -- 33. Euripides, Aristophanes, And The Reception Of Sophistic Styles / Edited By Laura K. Mcclure. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I: Text, Author, and Tradition -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- 1 Euripides -- 2 New Approaches -- 3 This Volume -- 4 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2: Text and Transmission -- 1 The Earliest Copies -- 2 From Alexandria to Late Antiquity -- 3 The Middle Ages -- 4 The Lost Plays -- 5 Modern Editions -- CHAPTER 3: The Euripidean Biography -- 1 What We Know -- 2 The Poetic Career -- 3 Ancient Biographical Traditions -- 4 Misogyny and Misanthropy -- 5 Popularity -- 6 A Death in Macedon -- 7 Summary -- CHAPTER 4: Euripides and the Development of Greek Tragedy -- 1 Life in the Theater -- 2 Women Bad and Good -- 3 Language and Composition -- 4 Coming to the End -- 5 Conclusion -- PART II: Early Plays (438-416 BCE) -- CHAPTER 5: Alcestis -- 1 The Alcestis and Genre -- 2 Structure, Characterization, and Major Themes in the Alcestis -- 3 Gender -- 4 Incongruous Feelings? Pity and Eros in the Alcestis -- CHAPTER 6: Medea -- 1 Medea as Barbarian? -- 2 Medea as Woman -- 3 Medea as Avenger: The Ending of the Play -- CHAPTER 7: Children of Heracles -- 1 The Legend of the Heraclidae and Athenian Patriotism -- 2 Supplication and Athenian Idealism -- 3 Political Paralysis and Transformation -- 4 Reversals of Power -- CHAPTER 8: Hippolytus -- 1 Second Attempts and Second Thoughts -- 2 Phaedra -- 3 Hippolytus -- 4 Theseus -- 5 The Role of the Gods -- 6 Finding Sympathy -- CHAPTER 9: Andromache -- 1 Synopsis -- 2 Date and Production -- 3 Euripides and the Myth -- 4 "If gods do wrong . . ."--5 Reading Andromache -- 6 Staging Andromache -- 7 Final Thoughts -- CHAPTER 10: Hecuba -- 1 Hecuba's Historical Context and Reception -- 2 Hecuba's Binary Structure -- 3 Hecuba's Divine Machinery -- 4 Hecuba's Moral Ontology -- 5 The Ethical Positions of Hecuba's Principal Characters A COMPANION TO EURIPIDES A COMPANION TO EURIPIDES Euripides has enjoyed a resurgence of interest as a result of many recent important publications, attesting to the poet's enduring relevance to the modern world. A Companion to Euripides is the product of this contemporary work, with many essays drawing on the latest texts, commentaries, and scholarship on the man and his oeuvre. Divided into seven sections, the companion begins with a general discussion of Euripidean drama. The following sections contain essays on Euripidean biography and the manuscript tradition, and individual essays on each play, organized in chronological order. Chapters offer summaries of important scholarship and methodologies, synopses of individual plays and the myths from which they borrow their plots, and conclude with suggestions for additional reading. The final two sections deal with topics central to Euripidean scholarship, such as religion, myth, and gender, and the reception of Euripides from the 4th century BCE to the modern world. A Companion to Euripides brings together a variety of leading Euripides scholars from a wide range of perspectives. As a result, specific issues and themes emerge across the chapters as central to our understanding of the poet and his meaning for our time. Contributions are original and provocative interpretations of Euripides' plays, which forge important paths of inquiry for future scholarship.

A Companion to Euripides is an up-to-date, centralized assessment of Euripides and his work, drawing from the most recently published texts, commentaries, and scholarship, and offering detailed discussions and provocative interpretations of his extant plays and fragments.

• The most contemporary scholarship on Euripides and his oeuvre, featuring the latest texts and commentaries
• Leading scholars in the field discuss all of Euripides' plays and their afterlife with breadth and depth
• A dedicated section focuses on the reception of Euripidean drama since the Hellenistic
• Original and provocative interpretations of Euripides and his plays forge important paths of in future scholarship