The Role of the Chorus in Sophocles' Antigone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11846279 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Coleman, Robert E Coleman (0000-0002-1551-9871, Emmanuel College - Massachusetts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Pages | 4-27 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-6735 • E-ISSN: 2053-5899 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1750270500012690 |
| OpenAlex | W3203791682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 2 |
This essay depends upon certain assumptions, which had better be made explicit at the outset. The first is that in Attic tragedy the choral odes were always intended to have an organic relation to the drama as a whole. They are not mere intermezzi inserted to relieve tension and allow the audience to relax between successive steps in the real business of the drama, but serve rather as lyrical commentaries on what is happening on the stage, inviting us to the emotional response appropriate at that point in the action, and to reflect upon certain ideas and concepts implicit in the events themselves. They form a bridge between successive acts, and their contextual relevance looks back to what has immediately preceded and forward to what is about to come. At this level we need not expect complete consistency between different odes. The Chorus's interpretation of the situation and the emotional reaction it expresses may change quite drastically in the light of a change in situation or the revelation of hitherto unknown facts
Action (physics · Art · Character (mathematics · Chorus · Consistency (knowledge bases · Drama · Epistemology · Happening · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Natural (archaeology · Physics · Relevance (law · Tragedy (event · Artificial Intelligence · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Mathematics · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy
The literature of the Empire
Monody
Homer
Hellenistic poetry
Historiography
Epilogue
Choral lyric in the fifth century
Oratory
Books and readers in the Greek world
Comedy
The epic tradition after Homer and Hesiod
Archaic choral lyric
Elegy and iambus
Plato and the Socratic work of Xenophon
Aristotle
The Cambridge History of Classical Literature
| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |