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 Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND NAMES CHAPTER 1 THE POLITICS OF GREECE’S THEATRICAL REVOLUTION, c. 500-c. 300 bce Democracies and Theatre Autocracies and Theatre Conclusion Notes CHAPTER 2 SELECTIVE MEMORY AND EPIC REMINISCENCE IN SOPHOCLES’ AJAX Notes CHAPTER 3 ELEGY AND SOPHOCLES’ PHILOCTETES : A REFLECTION ON GENERIC RESONANCE Notes CHAPTER 4 A DRAMATURGY OF THE SELF: DEIANIRA BETWEEN THE GRID AND THE COUCH On the Grid On the Couch Not Giving an Account of One’s Self: Deianira’s Silence Against Conclusion(s): Between Text and Performance Notes CHAPTER 5 TRAGIC OVERLIVING AND DEFERRED FUNERARY RITUAL IN EURIPIDES’ HECUBA Notes CHAPTER 6 AFFECTIVE SUSPENSE IN EURIPIDES’ ELECTRA Notes CHAPTER 7 THE FALL OF TROY, THE GLORY OF ATHENS: CHORUS AND COMMUNITY IN EURIPIDES’ TROJAN WOMEN 1. The chorus as a collective experience: Trojan and Athenian perspectives 2. The first stasimon: a Panathenaic reading 3. A hybrid perspective: Final remarks Notes CHAPTER 8 CHORAL MIRRORING IN EURIPIDES’ PHAETHON Secondary choruses in Greek tragedy The secondary chorus in Euripides’ Phaethon Notes CHAPTER 9 ERŌS IN PIECES (?): TRAGIC ERŌS IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMEDA AND ANTIGONE Euripides’ Antigone : Not a Virgin Anymore? Erotic Passion in Euripides’ Andromeda Conclusion Notes CHAPTER 10 THE CASE AGAINST DOMESTIC SECLUSION IN (EURIPIDES) FR. 1063 Notes CHAPTER 11 AESCHYLUS AND THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE ERINYES Notes CHAPTER 12 THE WOMEN OF THEBES AS AESCHYLEAN ERINYES: THE FIRST MESSENGER SPEECH OF EURIPIDES’ BACCHAE Notes CHAPTER 13 ELECTRA-STYLE: RECEPTION(S) OF AESCHYLUS’ ORESTEIA IN ARISTOPHANES’ CLOUDS 1. Clouds and Other Oresteian Narratives 2. Electra-style and the Oresteia in Clouds II 3. Conclusions: Why Electra-style? Notes CHAPTER 14 MAKING TERMINOLOGY: GENRE DESIGNATIONS IN OLD COMEDY 1. 420s BCE 2. 410s 3. 400s Notes CHAPTER 15 STRATOPHANES THE EPHEBE? THE HERO’S JOURNEYS IN MENANDER’S SIKYONIOI Notes CHAPTER 16 THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE MILES GLORIOSUS IN GREEK DRAMA Notes BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX