Euripidean Polemic
Subtitle: The Trojan Women and the Function of Tragedy (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 27, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780521464901
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Plays & playwrights; Plays / Drama; Hecuba (Legendary character) in literature; Greek Literature; Trojan women; Language Arts & Disciplines; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Language; Literature: Classics; History and criticism; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; General; Euripides.--Trojan women; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Women and literature; Euripides; Political and social views; Didactic drama, Greek; Greece
First sentence: Was tragedy supposed to teach? Many scholars have assumed that it did have some educative function and effect.