Euripides and the Gods
Mary Lefkowitz, "Euripides and the Gods "
English | ISBN: 0199752052 | 2015 | 318 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0199752052 | 2015 | 318 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Modern readers find it hard to come to terms with the gods in Euripides' dramas. Readers try to dismiss them as a literary convention. Stage productions leave them out, especially in the cases when they appear ex machina. Instead, they place disproportionate emphasis on the harsh criticisms of the gods uttered by some of the characters in the dramas, and have sought to interpret Euripides ironically, viewing his portrayal of the cruel and capricious gods as a means of drawing attention to the deficiencies of ancient Greek religion. In their view Euripides' dramas seek to question the nature and sometimes even the very existence of traditional Greek gods.
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