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A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
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A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
Series: Untersuchungen zur Antiken Literatur und Geschichte
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This work is the first major commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in
Tauris to appear in English in more than 65 years. It offers
detailed analysis of a fascinating play that scholars so far had
considered mainly as a source of information about Athenian cult
and viewed as a romantic adventure story with happy end. Apart from
including sober assessments of textual, linguistic and metrical
problems, the commentary sheds new light on the play's treatment of
myth, its intricate structure, presentation of character, and place
in Euripides' work. In particular it offers fresh insights into the
play's relationship to the literary tradition, especially its
treatment of the crimes of the Pelopids, and its presentation of
the complex, ambiguous relationship of humans and gods as well as
that of Greeks and barbarians. Unlike most other tragedies,
Iphigenia in Tauris does not feature any villain and avoids
concentrating on past crimes and their corrosive influence on the
characters' present. The Taurians are not portrayed simply as
savage and slow barbarians and Iphigenia, the most intelligent
character, fails to transcend her limitations. Religion and cult in
both myth and contemporary Athens are a mixture of traditional and
invented elements and the play as a whole turns out to be an
intriguing and unique experiment in Euripides' career.
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