Euripides' Escape-Tragedies: A Study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia Among the Taurians

by Matthew Wright and Matthew Wright

This is the first major critical study of three late plays of Euripides: Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Matthew Wright offers a sustained reading of the plays, arguing that they are a thematically connected trilogy. He re-examines central themes such as myth, geography, cultural identity, philosophy, religion, and (crucially) genre. These are not separate topics, but are seen as being joined together to form an intricate nexus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199274517
• ISBN13: 9780199274512
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"