Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy

ISBN-13: 9781108820103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 292 str.

Fabian Meinel

Opis

Pollution is a striking and ubiquitous feature of Greek tragedy. This book undertakes the first detailed analysis of its important role in the plays and will appeal to scholars and students of Greek tragedy at all levels and anyone interested in the concept of ritual pollution.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Pollution, interpretation and understanding; 2. Pollution and the stability of civic space; 3. Evaluation and stability in Aeschylus' Oresteia; 4. Pollution, purity and civic identity; Envoi.