Euripides
Subtitle: Iphigenia at Aulis (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy S.) (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy S.)
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Company; Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.
Published: March 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780715629949
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; BCE to c 500 CE; Drama; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Plays; Ancient and Classical; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Iphigenia (Greek mythology)
First sentence: The play is set in the camp of the Greek army at the harbour of Aulis, and opens with the commander-in-chief Agamemnon in front of his tent, represented by the stage building.
Description: "Iphigenia at Aulis is one of Euripides' most intriguing and challenging plays. It dramatises the myth of Iphigenia, the young virgin sacrificed by her father Agamemnon at the start of the expedition against Troy. Produced at the end of the Peloponnesian war, it explores the breakdown of social norms which turns Greeks against Greeks, men against women, and condemns young brides to death. Pantelis Michelakis examines the mythological, socio-political and institutional background, as well as the cultural, political, institutional, and theatrical contexts within which it was originally composed and performed.He highlights the main themes and major issues in modern criticism, and ends with an outline of its performance history and reception."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Iphigenia at Aulis is one of Euripides' most intriguing and challenging plays. It dramatises the myth of Iphigenia, the young virgin sacrificed by her father Agamemnon at the start of the expedition against Troy. Produced at the end of the Peloponnesian war, it explores the breakdown of social norms which turns Greeks against Greeks, men against women, and condemns young brides to death. Pantelis Michelakis examines the mythological, socio-political and institutional background, as well as the cultural, political, institutional, and theatrical contexts within which it was originally composed and performed.He highlights the main themes and major issues in modern criticism, and ends with an outline of its performance history and reception