Characterization and Individuality in Greek Literature

ISBN-13: 9780198140580 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 280 str.

Christopher B. Pelling;Pelling

Opis

This collection of commentaries by contributors such as Pelling, C.J. Gill, P.E. Easterling, F.S. Halliwell, D.A.F.M. Russell, S. Godhill, L. Coventry, M.S. Silk, O.P. Taplin, and J. Griffin examines a range of topics including childhood and personality in Greek biography, the construction of character in Greek tragedy, ethos as rhetorical theory, characterization in Plato's dialogues, the people of Aristophanes, the role of Agamemnon in the Iliad, and characterization in Euripides.

Recenzje

'The volume coheres well, despite the diversity of views expressed, and several of these essays are likely to become standard reading for both classicists and students of drama.' Greece & Rome, Vol.37, No.2, Oct '90

Spis treści

Christopher Gill: The character-personality distinction; Stephen Halliwell: Traditional Greek conceptions of character; Oliver Taplin: Agamemnon's role in the Iliad; P. E. Easterling: Constructing character in Greek tragedy; Simon Goldhill: Character and action, representation and reading: Greek tragedy and its critics; Jasper Griffin: Characterization in Euripides: Hippolytus and Iphigenia in Aulis; Michael Silk: The people of Aristophanes; Lucinda Coventry: The role of interlocutor in Plato's dialogues: Theory and practice; D. A. F. M. Russell: Ethos in oratory and rhetoric; C. B. R. Pelling: Childhood and personality in Greek biography; C. B. R. Pelling: Conclusion