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Euripides and the gods
Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to under...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
: Oxford University Press
, 2016
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| Series: | Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199752058.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Mary Lefkowitz |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to undermine ancient religion, Euripides is describing with a brutal realism what the gods are like, and reminding his mortal audience of the limitations of human understanding |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780190463113 |
