Tragedy and myth in ancient Greece
By: Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet ; translated from the French by Janet Lloyd
Contributors: Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, 1930-2006
Series: European philosophy and the human sciences -- 7
Publisher: Harvester Press; Humanities Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Sussex [Eng.]; New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Greek drama (Tragedy); History and criticism; Literature and society
Work titles: Mythe et tragédie en Grèce ancienne
Notes: Translation of: Mythe et tregedie en Grèce ancienne.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The historical moment of tragedy in Greece : some of the social and psychological conditions ; Tensions and ambiguities in Greek tragedy ; Intimations of the will in Greek tragedy ; Oedipus without the complex ; Ambiguity and reversal : on the enigmatic structure of Oedipus Rex / J.P. Vernant; title: The shields of the heroes ; Hunting and sacrifice in Aeschylus' Oresteia ; Sophocles' Philoctetes and the ephebeia / P. Vidal-Naquet.