The Gorgon's Severed Head
Studies in Alcestis, Electra and Phoenissae
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9307358 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cecelia Eaton Luschnig (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Gorgon's Severed Head (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004329799 |
| OpenAlex | W3020170089 |
| ISBN | 9789004329799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The Gorgon's Severed Head looks at three plays of Euripides, one early, one middle and one late in his career. Innovations in genre, in the use of the traditional stories, in the representation of women and of gender issues are present at every period. In all three plays characters are depicted creating themselves and each other. Chapter One on Alcestis looks at the artistry of the two main characters and is especially concerned with finding a role for Admetus, the play's most serious problem. The second chapter treats the physical displacement of the myth in Euripides' version of the Electra-Orestes story. A last section approaches the layers of time and space in Phoenissae
Art · Displacement (psychology · Head (geology · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Section (typography · Space (punctuation) · Visual arts · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |