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Performing Oaths in Classical Greek Drama (Paperback)
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Performing Oaths in Classical Greek Drama (Paperback)
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Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal,
commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is
reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a
formal oath sworn before the audience. This is the first
comprehensive study of that phenomenon. The book explores how the
oath can mark or structure a dramatic plot, at times compelling
characters like Euripides' Hippolytus to act contrary to their best
interests. It demonstrates how dramatic oaths resonate with oath
rituals familiar to the Athenian audiences. Aristophanes'
Lysistrata and her accomplices, for example, swear an oath that
blends protocols of international treaties with priestesses' vows
of sexual abstinence. By employing the principles of speech act
theory, this book examines how the performative power of the
dramatic oath can mirror the status quo, but also disturb
categories of gender, social status and civic identity in ways that
redistribute and confound social authority.
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