Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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Page 97
... king's disastrous decisions ( to sacrifice Iphigenia , to tread the tapestries ) are to be attributed to Ate and ultimately to the curse on the House of Atreus belongs , in various degrees and with various qualifications , to Lloyd ...
... king's disastrous decisions ( to sacrifice Iphigenia , to tread the tapestries ) are to be attributed to Ate and ultimately to the curse on the House of Atreus belongs , in various degrees and with various qualifications , to Lloyd ...
Page 100
... king never takes a strong initial stand against it.97 Only Theseus ( Euripides ' Suppliants 87-364 ) gives a clear and reasoned refusal and then changes his mind . Adrastus , leader of the Seven against Thebes , has arrived at the ...
... king never takes a strong initial stand against it.97 Only Theseus ( Euripides ' Suppliants 87-364 ) gives a clear and reasoned refusal and then changes his mind . Adrastus , leader of the Seven against Thebes , has arrived at the ...
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... king . In the monody Euripides gives Ion , he lets him expand on his intense devotion to Apollo for a dramatic purpose — to set it up for a test . The potential for change built into the direction of the plot is reinforced by many ...
... king . In the monody Euripides gives Ion , he lets him expand on his intense devotion to Apollo for a dramatic purpose — to set it up for a test . The potential for change built into the direction of the plot is reinforced by many ...
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Achilles action Admetus Aeschylus Agamemnon Ajax Alcestis Antigone Apollo argument Aristotelian Aristotle Athenian Athens audience avoid believe Blundell Burnett change of mind chapter character characterization chorus Clytemnestra conflict context Creon Creusa criticism death deception decision Deianeira Dionysus discussion divine dramatic earlier Electra Erinyes Euripidean Euripides example fact father finally focus Funke further Greek tragedy Hecuba Helen Heracles heroic temper Hippolytus intentions interpretation intrigue Ion's Iphigenia in Aulis issue Knox later Lesky lines marriage meaning Medea Menelaus metaphor monody moral motif motivation move Neoptolemus occur Odysseus Oedipus Orestes passage patterns persuasion Phaedra Philoctetes play play's plot possible prologue psychological question reluctance remains response reveal reversal rhetorical sacrifice says scene secret seems situation Sophoclean Hero Sophocles speak speech stage stasimon suggest suicide Taplin technique Tecmessa thematic theme Theseus Tiresias tradition tragic words Xuthus Yunis Zeus γὰρ δὲ καὶ κακῶν τὸ