The use of anonymous characters in Greek tragedy the shaping of heroes / by Florence Yoon.
| Author/creator | Yoon, Florence, 1981- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. |
| Description | xii, 178 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mnemosyne supplements ; volume 344 Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 344. ^A492133 |
| Contents | Classes : Personal servants -- Nurses and tutors -- Other servants -- Heralds -- Priests -- Children -- Individuals : Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they say -- Prologizomenoi -- Eteocles and his scout (Septem) -- Agamemnon and the herald (Agamemnon) -- Admetus and the servants (Alcestis) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by their dialogue -- Creon and the watchman (Antigone) -- Deianeira and the messenger (Trachiniae) -- Orestes and the tutor (S. Electra) -- Iolaus, Alcmene and the servant of Hyllus (Heracleidae) -- Hippolytus and the old man (Hippolytus) -- Andromache and her "syndoulos" (Andromache) -- Electra, Orestes, and the old tutor (E. Electra) -- Menelaus and the doorkeeper (Helen) -- Orestes and the Phrygian slave (Orestes) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they do -- Phaedra and her nurse (Hippolytus) -- Creousa and the old tutor (Ion) -- Agamemnon and the old servant (Ia) -- Characters who affect the portrayal of their hero by what they are -- Electra and the autourgos (E. Electra) -- Heracles and his daughter (Heracleidae) -- Eurystheus and his herald (Heracleidae) -- The Egyptians and their herald (A. Supplices and Aegyptioi) -- Special cases : The Persian queen : the anonymity of a historical figure -- Cilissa : anonymously named -- The slave of Loxias in Ion : naming an anonymous character -- Contrasts and comparisons : Epic : Homer and Hesiod -- Aristophanic comedy : the "kedestes" in Thesmophoriazusae -- A brief note on later tragedy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references ( pages 161-175) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012011717 |
| ISBN | 9789004229037 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9789004233430 (e-book) |