Ion is one of Euripides' most appealing and inventive plays. With its
story of an anonymous temple slave discovered to be the son of Apollo
and Creusa, an Athenian princess, it is a rare example of Athenian
myth dramatized for the Athenian stage. It explores the Delphic Oracle
and Greek piety; the Athenian ideology of autochthony and empire; and
the tragic suffering and longing of the mythical foundling and his
mother, whose experiences are represented uniquely in surviving Greek
literature. The plot anticipates later Greek comedy, while the
recognition scene builds on a tradition founded by Homer's Odyssey and
Aeschylus' Oresteia. The introduction sets out the main issues in
interpretation and discusses the play's contexts in myth, religion,
law, politics, and society. By attending to language, style, meter,
and dramatic technique, this edition with its detailed commentary
makes Ion accessible to students, scholars, and readers of Greek at
all levels.
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ISBN
9781108627412
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
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Cambridge University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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