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Euripides: Andromache (Hardcover)
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Euripides: Andromache (Hardcover)
Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
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The book is written mainly for students to enable them better to
appreciate and enjoy Euripides' Andromache. Its presentation seeks
to combine depth of analysis with clarity and accessibility. It
discusses Greek theatre and performance, the myth behind the play,
and the literary, intellectual, and political context in which it
was written and first performed. The book provides analyses of the
various characters, and highlights the play's ambiguities and
complexities. What makes Andromache of special interest is the fact
that, of the 32 extant tragedies, it might have been originally
produced outside Athens. This in turn leads the discussion of how
the play's scrutiny of the Spartan characters affected the
off-stage audience. Andromache is the only play that portrays the
human toll caused by the Trojan War to both the Trojan and the
Greek sides. After the Fall of Troy, Andromache, former wife of
Hector, has been given to Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, as a
war-prize. Andromache bore Neoptolemus a son, Molossus, before
Neoptolemus married Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
While Neoptolemus is away, Menelaus and Hermione attempt to kill
Andromache and Molossus, causing a rift between the two families
who were the major players in the War: the house of Atreus and the
house of Peleus, father of Achilles. Although Neoptolemus is
murdered, the play ends with a prophecy for the future of the line
of descent of Peleus and Thetis in the form of the blessed kingdom
of Molossia.
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