Euripides: Alcestis

myth through the middles ages into the Renaissance, and the story enjoyed a lively afterlife through opera. "Alcestis"' contested reception in the last two centuries charts our changing understanding of tragedy.Niall Slater's study explores the reception and afterlife of the play, as well as its main themes, the myth before the play, the play's historical and social context and the central developments in modern criticism. [Publisher's Text]

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