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FC 1 Half title 2 Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of tables 10 Preface 11 1 Theatre and Theodicy 14 1.1 Aeschylus 18 1.2 Justice in Athens 22 1.3 The Theatre of Dionysus 27 1.4 Myth and Religion 34 2 Reperformance and Recognition 40 2.1 Offerings at a Tomb 41 2.2 Recognition Tokens 49 2.3 The Avenger 54 2.4 Aeschylus in the 420s 59 2.5 Further Libations 65 3 Chorus and Character 74 3.1 The Great Kommos 78 3.2 The Ghost and the Dream 89 3.3 Evil Women 96 3.4 On the Threshold 105 3.5 Electra 109 4 Matricide and Madness 116 4.1 Cilissa 116 4.2 Stasimon and Structure 120 4.3 Aegisthus 126 4.4 Pylades 129 4.5 Bloodguilt 136 4.6 Humour and Tragedy 139 4.7 Furies 144 Appendix: Ancient Illustrations of Libation Bearers 152 Glossary of Greek and Technical Terms 160 Guide to Further Reading 162 Selected Chronology 164 Notes 166 Bibliography 183 Index 193

Author

C. W. Marshall

Published

2017

Language

EN