City of suppliants : tragedy and the Athenian empire / by Angeliki Tzanetou.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture.
Main Author: Tzanetou, Angeliki
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture.
Subjects:
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Aeschylus. > Eumenides.
Euripides. > Children of Heracles.
Sophocles. > Oedipus at Colonus.
Physical Description:xiv, 206 pages .
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Aeschylus' Eumenides: hegemony and justice
  • Hegemony and empire: presumed origins
  • Euripides' Children of heracles: "helping the weak and punishing the strong"
  • Hegemony in crisis: Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus.