Euripides and the gods /Mary Lefkowitz.

By:

Lefkowitz, Mary R, 1935- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780190463113
9780190463106

Subject(s):

Euripides -- Religion

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PA3978 .E975 2016

Online resources:

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Contents:

Piety and impiety in Euripides' Heracles -- Athena -- Apollo -- Other gods -- Gods behind the scenes.

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 type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PA3978 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn936344600

Includes bibliographies and index.

Euripides, Socrates, and other Sophists -- Piety and impiety in Euripides' Heracles -- Athena -- Apollo -- Other gods -- Gods behind the scenes.

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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