Gender and the city in Euripides' political plays

Daniel Mendelsohn makes use of insights into classical Greek conceptions of gender and Athenian notions of civic identity to demonstrate that the plays 'Children of Herakles' and 'Suppliant Women' by Euripides are subtle and coherent exercises in political theorizing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam 1960- (Author)
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 2007.
Subjects:	Euripides > Political and social views. Euripides > Children of Herakles. Euripides > Suppliant women. Political plays, Greek > History and criticism. Man-woman relationships in literature. Politics in literature > Greece. City and town life in literature. Mythology, Greek, in literature. Sex role in literature. Tragedy.
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