Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy

Suppliant Women

By: Ian C. Storey

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Paperback | 11 December 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Euripides' "Suppliant Women" is an unfairly neglected master work by the most controversial of the three great tragedians of Ancient Greece. It dramatises the story of one of the proudest moments in Athenian mythical history: the intervention of Theseus in support of international law to force the burial of the Argives who were killed during their attack on Thebes. But Euripides adds new characters to the story and presents the myth in a different and sometimes ambiguous light. A sense of uncertainty and undercutting pervades this play, which dramatises the sufferings of the innocent in war and then at the end foretells more war. As well as presenting a scene-by-scene analysis, this book will discuss the date and background of the play, whether people and events from contemporary Athens can be glimpsed in the drama; the problems of staging, and finally the story in later tradition.

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...happily recommend this as an excellent introduction to this relatively rarely read and seen play.

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Prelude to a Play	p. 11
Adrastos' Supplication	p. 29
Confrontation with Thebes	p. 45
Mourning the Dead	p. 62
Aftermath	p. 78
Reading Suppliant Women	p. 90
Staging Suppliant Women	p. 105
Postludes	p. 121
Guide to Further Reading	p. 147
Glossary	p. 154
Chronology	p. 157
Index	p. 158
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