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The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy by Casey Dué is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy about?
The laments of captive women found in extant Athenian tragedy constitute a fundamentally subversive aspect of Greek drama. In performances supported by and intended for the male citizens of Athens, the songs of the captive women at the Dionysia gave a voice to classes who otherwise would have been marginalized and silenced in Athenian society: women, foreigners, and the enslaved. The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy addresses the possible meanings ancient audiences might have attached to
Who reads The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Casey Dué
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292722187
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Poetry
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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