1st Edition

Euripides, Women and Sexuality

Edited By Anton Powell Copyright 1990
212 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Euripides' interest in the psychology and social position of women is well known. Of the great Greek playwrights, he most directly reflects contemporary philosophical and social debates, and his work is of great value as a source for social history. The important new studies in this volume explore Euripides' treatment of sexuality and Greek ideals of women's behaviour. Using a wide range of... Read more
Chapter 1 Sexual Imagery and Innuendo in Troades, Elizabeth Craik; Chapter 2 A Woman’s Place in Euripides’ Medea, Margaret Williamson; Chapter 3 Euripides the Misogynist?, Jennifer March; Chapter 4 The Articulation of the Self in Euripides’ Ippolytus, Christopher Gill; Chapter 5 Male Homosexuality in Euripides, William Poole; Chapter 6 The Structural Problems of Marriage in Euripides, Richard Seaford; Chapter 7 The State and The Individual:, John Wilkins;

Biography

Anton Powell