Euripides' "Suppliant Women" is an unfairly neglected master work
by the most controversial of the three great tragedians of Ancient
Greece. It dramatises the story of one of the proudest moments in
Athenian mythical history: the intervention of Theseus in support
of international law to force the burial of the Argives who were
killed during their attack on Thebes. But Euripides adds new
characters to the story and presents the myth in a different and
sometimes ambiguous light. A sense of uncertainty and undercutting
pervades this play, which dramatises the sufferings of the innocent
in war and then at the end foretells more war. As well as
presenting a scene-by-scene analysis, this book will discuss the
date and background of the play, whether people and events from
contemporary Athens can be glimpsed in the drama; the problems of
staging, and finally the story in later tradition.
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