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9781472569073 1472569075 Chosen as one of the ten canonical plays by Euripides during the Hellenistic period in Greece, Hecuba was popular throughout Antiquity. The play also became part of the so-called 'Byzantine triad' of three plays of Euripides (along with Phoenician Women and Orestes) selected for study in school curricula, above all for the brilliance of its rhetorical speeches and quotable traditional wisdom. Translations into Latin and vernacular languages, as well as stage performances emerged early in the sixteenth century. The Renaissance admired the play for its representation of the extraordinary suffering and misfortunes of its newly-enslaved heroine, the former queen of Troy Hecuba, for the courageous sacrificial death of her daughter Polyxena, and for the beleaguered queen's surprisingly successful revenge against the unscrupulous killer of her son Polydorus. Later periods, however, developed reservations about the play's revenge plot and its unity. Recent scholarship has favorably reassessed the play in its original cultural and political context and the past thirty years have produced a number of exciting staged productions.Hecuba has emerged as a profound exploration of the difficulties of establishing justice and a stable morality in post-war situations. This book investigates the play's changing critical and theatrical reception from Antiquity to the present, its mythical and political background, its dramatic and thematic unity, and the role of its choruses., Chosen during Greece's HeBenistic period as one of Euripides' ten canonical plays, Hecuba has retained its popularity, This book investigates the play's changing critical and theatrical reception, its mythical and political background, its dramatic and thematic unity, and the role of its choruses. Hesuba was on school curricula under the Byzantine empire, translated into Latin and vernacular languages early in the sixteenth century, and admired during the Renaissance, Later periods developed reservations about the revenge-focused plot and the play's unity, but recent scholarship has favourably reassessed the play in its original cultural and political contexts. Hecuba has emerged as a profound exploration of the difficulties of establishing justice and a stable morality in post-war situations. This series provides accessible Introductions to ancient tragedies. Each volume discusses the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. A guide to further reading, glossary and chronology are included, all Creek and Latin is translated, and technical and theoretical terms are clearly explained. Book jacket.
9781472569073 1472569075 Chosen as one of the ten canonical plays by Euripides during the Hellenistic period in Greece, Hecuba was popular throughout Antiquity. The play also became part of the so-called 'Byzantine triad' of three plays of Euripides (along with Phoenician Women and Orestes) selected for study in school curricula, above all for the brilliance of its rhetorical speeches and quotable traditional wisdom. Translations into Latin and vernacular languages, as well as stage performances emerged early in the sixteenth century. The Renaissance admired the play for its representation of the extraordinary suffering and misfortunes of its newly-enslaved heroine, the former queen of Troy Hecuba, for the courageous sacrificial death of her daughter Polyxena, and for the beleaguered queen's surprisingly successful revenge against the unscrupulous killer of her son Polydorus. Later periods, however, developed reservations about the play's revenge plot and its unity. Recent scholarship has favorably reassessed the play in its original cultural and political context and the past thirty years have produced a number of exciting staged productions.Hecuba has emerged as a profound exploration of the difficulties of establishing justice and a stable morality in post-war situations. This book investigates the play's changing critical and theatrical reception from Antiquity to the present, its mythical and political background, its dramatic and thematic unity, and the role of its choruses., Chosen during Greece's HeBenistic period as one of Euripides' ten canonical plays, Hecuba has retained its popularity, This book investigates the play's changing critical and theatrical reception, its mythical and political background, its dramatic and thematic unity, and the role of its choruses. Hesuba was on school curricula under the Byzantine empire, translated into Latin and vernacular languages early in the sixteenth century, and admired during the Renaissance, Later periods developed reservations about the revenge-focused plot and the play's unity, but recent scholarship has favourably reassessed the play in its original cultural and political contexts. Hecuba has emerged as a profound exploration of the difficulties of establishing justice and a stable morality in post-war situations. This series provides accessible Introductions to ancient tragedies. Each volume discusses the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. A guide to further reading, glossary and chronology are included, all Creek and Latin is translated, and technical and theoretical terms are clearly explained. Book jacket.