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Children in Greek Tragedy: Pathos and Potential
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Children in Greek Tragedy: Pathos and Potential

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Astyanax is thrown from the walls of Troy; Medeia kills her children as an act of vengeance against her husband; Aias reflects with sorrow on his son’s inheritance, yet kills himself and leaves Eurysakes vulnerable to his enemies. The pathos created by threats to children is a notable feature of Greek tragedy, but is this pathos the limit of these child characters’ significance? This volume proposes a new paradigm for the study of children in tragedy that not only emphasizes the pathos they embody, but also recasts them as theatrically complex creations with dangerous potential as the future adults of myth.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Date
6 February 2020
Pages
336
ISBN
9780198826071

Astyanax is thrown from the walls of Troy; Medeia kills her children as an act of vengeance against her husband; Aias reflects with sorrow on his son’s inheritance, yet kills himself and leaves Eurysakes vulnerable to his enemies. The pathos created by threats to children is a notable feature of Greek tragedy, but is this pathos the limit of these child characters’ significance? This volume proposes a new paradigm for the study of children in tragedy that not only emphasizes the pathos they embody, but also recasts them as theatrically complex creations with dangerous potential as the future adults of myth.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Date
6 February 2020
Pages
336
ISBN
9780198826071