Staged narrative : poetics and the messenger in Greek tragedy /
"The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the madness of Heracles, the slaughter of Aigisthus, and the death of Hippolytus, among other importan...
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Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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Series: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
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