• Media type: Book; Thesis
  • Title: The use of anonymous characters in Greek tragedy : the shaping of heroes
  • Contains: 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.
  • Contributor: Yoon, Florence [Author]
  • imprint: Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, 2012
  • Published in: Mnemosyne <Leiden> / Supplementum ; 344
  • Extent: XII, 178 S.
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9789004229037
  • RVK notation: FE 4451 : Einzelfragen
  • Keywords: Griechisch > Tragödie > Anonymität > Held
  • Origination:
  • University thesis: Teilw. zugl.: Oxford, Univ., Diss., 2008
  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: 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

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