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Homer on Kithairon : Negotiating Narrative and Dramatic Representation in Euripides’ Bacchae
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 1547720
Author(s) Lämmle, Rebecca; Scheidegger Lämmle, Cédric
Author(s) at UniBasel Scheidegger Lämmle, Cédric
Lämmle, Rebecca
Year 2013
Title Homer on Kithairon : Negotiating Narrative and Dramatic Representation in Euripides’ Bacchae
Journal The classical journal
Volume 108
Number 2
Pages / Article-Number 129-158
Abstract

This paper analyzes the Bacchae against the backdrop of ancient poetic theory which has recognized the close relations between tragedy and Homeric epic and singled out tragic messenger-speeches as the prime point of contact between them. The second messenger-speech, we argue, explores the tension between dramatic and narrative representation: highly dramatic in its structure, it encompasses complex allusions to Iliad 14 and Odyssey 6 which serve specific purposes but also epitomize the whole of Homeric epic. Thus, Euripides puts on display both the Homeric pedigree of tragedy and the interdependence of acting and telling in drama.

Publisher University of Chicago Press
ISSN/ISBN 0009-8353
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6083541
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.5184/classicalj.108.2.0129
ISI-Number WOS:000209809900001
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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