Download or read book A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus written by Henry Vogel Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus Classic Reprint written by Henry Vogel Shelley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus An interesting comparison is afforded by two plays in this list bearing curiously enough the same name, but dealing with different subjects, viz., the Supplices of Aeschylus and the Suppliants of Euripides, usually so translated to avoid con fusion, but both entitled 'ixénbeg in the Greek. How much more effective does Aeschylus render his play by entitling it the Suppliants rather than the Danaides!7 This, the earliest extant specimen of Greek tragedy,8 is so replete with the spirit of piety, that it may almost be described as one long continuous prayer. The title Danaides would doubtless have failed to suggest to the spectators any religious association; in fact, they would instinctively recall the well-known story of the daughters of Danaus who murdered their cousin-husbands and thereby suffered dire punishment in Hades; and this popular conception, which doubtless fostered an unsympathetic atti tude toward the Danaids, was just what Aeschylus sought to counteract at the outset, for the Supplices forms the first play of a trilogy of which the two ensuing parts are lost. In this play we see most clearly the dithyrambic origin of tragedy. The chorus constitute an indispensable element, a sine qua non, while the actors' réle is decidedly subordinate. In no other tragedy do we find such prominence assigned to the chorus. With the development of tragedy, however, as seen in the works of Sophocles and Euripides, the function of the chorus, as is well known, gradually dwindled in importance, while that of the actors correspondingly increased. The dramatic element, stimulated in proportion to the possibilities of the plot, became the chief object of interest; so that we find in certain plays of Euripides that the chorus had little or nothing to do with the vital action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus written by Henry Vogel Shelley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking study of ancient Greek literature offers a fresh and insightful analysis of one of the most important and complex elements of the Greek tragic chorus: piety. Drawing on a wide range of texts and scholarship, author Henry Vogel Shelley explores the many ways in which the chorus expresses its religious devotion and explores its relationship with the gods. Whether you're a classicist, a student of literature, or simply interested in the rich cultural heritage of the ancient world, this is a book you won't want to miss. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Download or read book Hosios written by Saskia Peels and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates. Traditionally rendered as ‘piety’, hosios was a key notion in Classical Greek religion and reflected a core value in Athenian democracy. Since antiquity, its meaning and usage have puzzled many. This study sets out to resolve various scholarly debates on the semantics of hosios by focusing on the idea of lexical competition. It illuminates the semantic relationship between hosios and its near-synonyms eusebês and dikaios, and the connection to the notion of the ‘sacred’. Using insights from modern linguistic theory, the book also aims to improve methods for research into the lexical semantics of a dead language.

Download or read book The Dramatic Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Euripides Alcestis written by Andreas Markantonatos and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides’ Alcestis - the earliest extant play of Euripides and one of the most experimental masterpieces of Greek tragedy, not only standing in place of a satyr-play but also preserving at least some of its typical features. Commencing from the widely-held view, so lamentably ignored within the domain of Classics, that a narratology of drama should be predicated upon the notion of narrative as verbal, as well as visual, rendition of a story, this unique volume contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion.

Download or read book The Dramatic Index for written by Frederick Winthrop Faxon and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues for 1912-16, 1919- accompanied by an appendix: The Dramatic books and plays (in English) (title varies slightly) This bibliography was incorporated into the main list in 1917-18.

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Download or read book Honor Thy Gods written by Jon D. Mikalson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Honor Thy Gods Jon Mikalson uses the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides to explore popular religious beliefs and practices of Athenians in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and examines how these playwrights portrayed, manipulated, and otherwise represented popular religion in their plays. He discusses the central role of honor in ancient Athenian piety and shows that the values of popular piety are not only reflected but also reaffirmed in tragedies. Mikalson begins by examining what tragic characters and choruses have to say about the nature of the gods and their intervention in human affairs. Then, by tracing the fortunes of diverse characters -- among them Creon and Antigone, Ajax and Odysseus, Hippolytus, Pentheus, and even Athens and Troy -- he shows that in tragedy those who violate or challenge contemporary popular religious beliefs suffer, while those who support these beliefs are rewarded. The beliefs considered in Mikalson's analysis include Athenians' views on matters regarding asylum, the roles of guests and hosts, oaths, the various forms of divination, health and healing, sacrifice, pollution, the religious responsibilities of parents, children, and citizens, homicide, the dead, and the afterlife. After summarizing the vairous forms of piety and impiety related to these beliefs found in the tragedies, Mikalson isolates "honoring the gods" as the fundamental concept of Greek piety. He concludes by describing the different relationships of the three tragedians to the religion of their time and their audience, arguing that the tragedies of Euripides most consistently support the values of popular religion.

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