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<i>The Music of Tragedy</i> offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides’ allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides’ experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of <i>mousik</i><

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Author

Euripides;Weiss, Naomi A

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520968493

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Poetry, History, Music

Updated

2026-03-24