Author: Henry Vogel Shelley
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666688569
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Excerpt from A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus An interesting comparison is afforded by two plays in this list bearing curiously enough the same name, but dealing with different subjects, viz., the Supplices of Aeschylus and the Suppliants of Euripides, usually so translated to avoid con fusion, but both entitled 'ixénbeg in the Greek. How much more effective does Aeschylus render his play by entitling it the Suppliants rather than the Danaides!7 This, the earliest extant specimen of Greek tragedy,8 is so replete with the spirit of piety, that it may almost be described as one long continuous prayer. The title Danaides would doubtless have failed to suggest to the spectators any religious association; in fact, they would instinctively recall the well-known story of the daughters of Danaus who murdered their cousin-husbands and thereby suffered dire punishment in Hades; and this popular conception, which doubtless fostered an unsympathetic atti tude toward the Danaids, was just what Aeschylus sought to counteract at the outset, for the Supplices forms the first play of a trilogy of which the two ensuing parts are lost. In this play we see most clearly the dithyrambic origin of tragedy. The chorus constitute an indispensable element, a sine qua non, while the actors' réle is decidedly subordinate. In no other tragedy do we find such prominence assigned to the chorus. With the development of tragedy, however, as seen in the works of Sophocles and Euripides, the function of the chorus, as is well known, gradually dwindled in importance, while that of the actors correspondingly increased. The dramatic element, stimulated in proportion to the possibilities of the plot, became the chief object of interest; so that we find in certain plays of Euripides that the chorus had little or nothing to do with the vital action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Henry Vogel Shelley
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Author: Henry Vogel Shelley
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021911025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This groundbreaking study of ancient Greek literature offers a fresh and insightful analysis of one of the most important and complex elements of the Greek tragic chorus: piety. Drawing on a wide range of texts and scholarship, author Henry Vogel Shelley explores the many ways in which the chorus expresses its religious devotion and explores its relationship with the gods. Whether you're a classicist, a student of literature, or simply interested in the rich cultural heritage of the ancient world, this is a book you won't want to miss. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Henry Vogel Shelley
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ISBN: 9780649299997
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Author: Henry Vogel Shelley
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781294171300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author: Peter J. Ahrensdorf
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139475584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: should citizens and leaders govern political society by the light of unaided human reason or religious faith? Through an examination of Sophocles' timeless masterpieces - Oedipus the Tyrant, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone - Ahrensdorf offers a sustained challenge to the prevailing view, championed by Nietzsche in his attack on Socratic rationalism, that Sophocles is an opponent of rationalism. Ahrensdorf argues that Sophocles is a genuinely philosophical thinker and a rationalist, albeit one who advocates a cautious political rationalism. Ahrensdorf concludes with an incisive analysis of Nietzsche, Socrates and Aristotle on tragedy and philosophy. He argues, against Nietzsche, that the rationalism of Socrates and Aristotle incorporates a profound awareness of the tragic dimension of human existence and therefore resembles in fundamental ways the somber and humane rationalism of Sophocles.
Author: Saskia Peels
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004304274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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In Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates. Traditionally rendered as ‘piety’, hosios was a key notion in Classical Greek religion and reflected a core value in Athenian democracy. Since antiquity, its meaning and usage have puzzled many. This study sets out to resolve various scholarly debates on the semantics of hosios by focusing on the idea of lexical competition. It illuminates the semantic relationship between hosios and its near-synonyms eusebês and dikaios, and the connection to the notion of the ‘sacred’. Using insights from modern linguistic theory, the book also aims to improve methods for research into the lexical semantics of a dead language.
Author: R. B. Rutherford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107377072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 493
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Greek tragedy is widely read and performed, but outside the commentary tradition detailed study of the poetic style and language of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides has been relatively neglected. This book seeks to fill that gap by providing an account of the poetics of the tragic genre. The author describes the varied handling of spoken dialogue and of lyric song; major topics such as vocabulary, rhetoric and imagery are considered in detail and illustrated from a broad range of plays. The contribution of the chorus to the dramas is also discussed. Characterisation, irony and generalising statements are treated in separate chapters and these topics are illuminated by comparisons which show not only what is shared by the three major dramatists but also what distinguishes their practice. The book sheds light both on the genre as a whole and on many particular passages.
Author: Lawrence Sidney Thompson
Publisher: [Hamden, Conn.] : Shoe String Press
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Author: Frederick Winthrop Faxon
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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