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- Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy
- Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Choral polyphony and the ritual functions of tragic songs
- Chapter 3 Chorus, conflict, and closure in Aeschylus’ Persians
- Chapter 4 Choral intertemporality in the Oresteia
- Chapter 5 Choreography
- Chapter 6 Conflicting identities in the Euripidean chorus
- Chapter 7 The choral plot of Euripides’ Helen
- Chapter 8 Transcultural chorality
- Chapter 9 Maenadism as self-referential chorality in Euripides’ Bacchae
- Chapter 10 The Delian Maidens and their relevance to choral mimesis in classical drama
- Chapter 11 Choral persuasions in Plato's Laws
- Chapter 12 The comic chorus and the demagogue
- Chapter 13 Dancing letters
- Chapter 14 Choral dialectics
- Chapter 15 Enter and exit the chorus
- Chapter 16 “The thorniest problem and the greatest opportunity”
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 2 - Choral polyphony and the ritual functions of tragic songs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy
- Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Choral polyphony and the ritual functions of tragic songs
- Chapter 3 Chorus, conflict, and closure in Aeschylus’ Persians
- Chapter 4 Choral intertemporality in the Oresteia
- Chapter 5 Choreography
- Chapter 6 Conflicting identities in the Euripidean chorus
- Chapter 7 The choral plot of Euripides’ Helen
- Chapter 8 Transcultural chorality
- Chapter 9 Maenadism as self-referential chorality in Euripides’ Bacchae
- Chapter 10 The Delian Maidens and their relevance to choral mimesis in classical drama
- Chapter 11 Choral persuasions in Plato's Laws
- Chapter 12 The comic chorus and the demagogue
- Chapter 13 Dancing letters
- Chapter 14 Choral dialectics
- Chapter 15 Enter and exit the chorus
- Chapter 16 “The thorniest problem and the greatest opportunity”
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy , pp. 35 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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