{"product_id":"a-companion-to-euripides-isbn-9781119257509","title":"A Companion to Euripides","description":"\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO EURIPIDES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eA COMPANION TO EURIPIDES \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuripides 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. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of this contemporary work, with many essays drawing on the latest texts, commentaries, and scholarship on the man and his oeuvre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura K. McClure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Text, Author, and Tradition 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Text and Transmission 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDonald J. Mastronarde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Euripidean Biography 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Scodel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Euripides and the Development of Greek Tragedy 42\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Gibert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Early Plays (438–416 BCE) 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Alcestis 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEirene Visvardi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Medea 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Swift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Children of Heracles 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOwen E. Goslin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Hippolytus 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Ebbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Andromache 122\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan C. Storey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Hecuba 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Turkeltaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Suppliant Women 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura K. McClure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Electra 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHanna M. Roisman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 \u003ci\u003eHeracles\u003c\/i\u003e: The Perfect Piece 182\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC.W. Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Later Plays (After 416 BCE) 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Trojan Women 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Sorkin Rabinowitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Iphigenia in Tauris 214\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Clarke Kosak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Ion: An Edible Fairy Tale? 228\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmma M. Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Significant Inconsistencies in Euripides’ \u003ci\u003eHelen \u003c\/i\u003e243\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah Boedeker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Phoenician Women 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna A. Lamari\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Orestes 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElton Barker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Iphigenia at Aulis 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsabelle Torrance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Bacchae 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurialan Reitzammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Satyr, Spurious, and Fragmentary Plays 313\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Cyclops 315\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Rhesus 334\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVayos Liapis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Fragments and Fragmentary Plays 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Collard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Form, Structure, and Performance 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Form and Structure 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarkus Dubischar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Theater of Euripides 390\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kawalko Roselli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Euripidean Chorus 412\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheila Murnaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Euripides and the Sound of Music 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArmand D’Angour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Topics and Approaches 445\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Euripides and his Intellectual Context 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancis M. Dunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Myth 468\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Euripides and Religion 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Gender 500\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelissa Mueller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Reception 515\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Euripides, Aristophanes, and the Reception of “Sophistic” Styles 517\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Worman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Euripides in the Fourth Century BCE 533\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Duncan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Euripides and Senecan Drama 546\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 All Aboard the Bacchae Bus: Reception of Euripides in the Twentieth and Twenty‐first Centuries 565\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Goff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 583\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This Companion highlights the performative and contextual aspects of old plays, making experienced researchers look afresh to them and presenting itself as a great introduction for students and young scholars.\" \u003cb\u003eSofia Frade\u003c\/b\u003e, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Centro de Estudos Clássicos, \u003ci\u003eCadmo\u003c\/i\u003e – \u003ci\u003eRevista de História Antiga\u003c\/i\u003e, Cadmo 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura K. McClure\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSpoken Like a Woman: Speech  and Genar in Athenian Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (1999  and \u003ci\u003eCourteøana at Table: Genar and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). She has edited volumes on women and gender in the classical world and published articles on Athenian drama.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA COMPANION TO EURIPIDES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuripides 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. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of this contemporary work, with many essays drawing on the latest texts, commentaries, and scholarship on the man and his oeuvre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988606337253,"sku":"NP9781119257509","price":212.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119257509.jpg?v=1761780945","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-euripides-isbn-9781119257509","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}