Greek Drama V Studies in the Theatre of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BCE : Studies in the Theatre of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BCE

"Drawing together new research from emerging and senior scholars, this selection of papers from the decennial Greek Drama V conference (Vancouver, 2017) explores the works of the ancient Greek playwrights and showcases new methodologies with which to study them. Sixteen chapters from a field of international contributors examine a range of topics, from the politics of the ancient theatre, to the role of the chorus, to the earliest history of the reception of Aeschylus' Oresteia . Employing anthropological, historical, and psychological critical methods alongside performance analysis and textual criticism, these studies bring fresh and original interpretations to the plays. Several contributions analyse fragmentary tragedies, while others incorporate ideas on the performance aspect of certain plays. The final chapters deal separately with comedy, naturally focusing on the plays of Aristophanes and Menander. Greek Drama V offers a window into where the academic field of Greek drama is now, and points towards the future scholarship it will produce."-- Provided by publisher Cover page 1 Halftitle page 2 Series page 3 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Dedication 6 CONTENTS 8 ILLUSTRATIONS 10 CONTRIBUTORS 11 PREFACE 14 NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND NAMES 20 CHAPTER 1 THE POLITICS OF GREECE’S THEATRICAL REVOLUTION, c. 500-c. 300 bce 22 Democracies and Theatre 25 Autocracies and Theatre 34 Conclusion 37 Notes 39 CHAPTER 2 SELECTIVE MEMORY AND EPIC REMINISCENCE IN SOPHOCLES’ AJAX 44 Notes 56 CHAPTER 3 ELEGY AND SOPHOCLES’ PHILOCTETES : A REFLECTION ON GENERIC RESONANCE 58 Notes 66 CHAPTER 4 A DRAMATURGY OF THE SELF: DEIANIRA BETWEEN THE GRID AND THE COUCH 68 On the Grid 70 On the Couch 73 Not Giving an Account of One’s Self: Deianira’s Silence 75 Against Conclusion(s): Between Text and Performance 76 Notes 77 CHAPTER 5 TRAGIC OVERLIVING AND DEFERRED FUNERARY RITUAL IN EURIPIDES’ HECUBA 82 Notes 89 CHAPTER 6 AFFECTIVE SUSPENSE IN EURIPIDES’ ELECTRA 94 Notes 106 CHAPTER 7 THE FALL OF TROY, THE GLORY OF ATHENS: CHORUS AND COMMUNITY IN EURIPIDES’ TROJAN WOMEN 108 1. The chorus as a collective experience: Trojan and Athenian perspectives 109 2. The first stasimon: a Panathenaic reading 111 3. A hybrid perspective: Final remarks 115 Notes 116 CHAPTER 8 CHORAL MIRRORING IN EURIPIDES’ PHAETHON 122 Secondary choruses in Greek tragedy 123 The secondary chorus in Euripides’ Phaethon 126 Notes 133 CHAPTER 9 ERŌS IN PIECES (?): TRAGIC ERŌS IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMEDA AND ANTIGONE 136 Euripides’ Antigone : Not a Virgin Anymore? 137 Erotic Passion in Euripides’ Andromeda 141 Conclusion 143 Notes 144 CHAPTER 10 THE CASE AGAINST DOMESTIC SECLUSION IN (EURIPIDES) FR. 1063 150 Notes 159 CHAPTER 11 AESCHYLUS AND THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE ERINYES 166 Notes 177 CHAPTER 12 THE WOMEN OF THEBES AS AESCHYLEAN ERINYES: THE FIRST MESSENGER SPEECH OF EURIPIDES’ BACCHAE 182 Notes 188 CHAPTER 13 ELECTRA-STYLE: RECEPTION(S) OF AESCHYLUS’ ORESTEIA IN ARISTOPHANES’ CLOUDS 194 1. Clouds and Other Oresteian Narratives 195 2. Electra-style and the Oresteia in Clouds II 197 3. Conclusions: Why Electra-style? 204 Notes 206 CHAPTER 14 MAKING TERMINOLOGY: GENRE DESIGNATIONS IN OLD COMEDY 210 1. 420s BCE 210 2. 410s 218 3. 400s 220 Notes 222 CHAPTER 15 STRATOPHANES THE EPHEBE? THE HERO’S JOURNEYS IN MENANDER’S SIKYONIOI 226 Notes 233 CHAPTER 16 THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE MILES GLORIOSUS IN GREEK DRAMA 236 Notes 243 BIBLIOGRAPHY 246 INDEX 276