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 of ideas. The book has implications for our view of Euripides and the tragic genre as a whole.
- ISBN10 6610905746
- ISBN13 9786610905744
- Publish Date 24 February 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 May 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 444
- Language English