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Female Acts in Greek Tragedy
- Helene P. Foley
- Philosophy
- 1 April 2001
Acknowledgments ix Introductory Note and Abbreviations xi Introduction 3 I. The Politics of Tragic Lamentation 19 II. The Contradictions of Tragic Marriage 57 III. Women as Moral Agents in Greek… Expand
The Homeric hymn to Demeter : translation, commentary, and interpretive essays
- Helene P. Foley
- Art
- 1997
The Homeric "Hymn to Demeter", composed in the late seventh or early sixth century BCE, is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how… Expand
Choral Identity in Greek Tragedy
- Helene P. Foley
- Art
- Classical Philology
- 1 January 2003
G eorge Walsh, in whose honor I presented this lecture in February 2001, has written memorably on the Greek chorus, above all in his 1984 book The Varieties of Enchantment . Walsh’s eloquent… Expand
Sex and State in Ancient Greece@@@The Glory of Hera: Greek Mythology and the Greek Family
- Helene P. Foley, P. Slater
- Philosophy
- 24 January 1975
Tragedy and politics in aristophanes' Acharnians
- Helene P. Foley
- History
- 1 November 1988
Aristophanes’ second play, Babylonians , included an attack on state offices and politicians and, probably, the city's treatment of its allies. According to the scholia of Acharnians , the play… Expand
The "Female Intruder" Reconsidered: Women in Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae
- Helene P. Foley
- History
- Classical Philology
- 1 January 1982
IN AN article entitled "The Female Intruder: Women in Fifth-Century Drama," M. Shaw explored some of the apparent contradictions between the view of women given in two sets of contemporary documents:… Expand
Modern performance and adaptation of Greek tragedy
- Helene P. Foley
- Art
- 1999
"Leave it to a playwright who has been dead for 2,400 years to jolt Broadway out of its dramatic doldrums" begins a recent New York Times review (December 4, 1998) of a British Electra by Sophocles… Expand
Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage
- Helene P. Foley
- Art
- 1 October 2012
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction CHAPTER ONE. Greek Tragedy Finds an American Audience 1. Setting the Stage 2. American Theater Makes Greek Tragedy Its Own CHAPTER TWO. Making Total Theater… Expand
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