Sharing in the Action
The Choral Plot of Classical Athenian Tragedy
$117.12
- Paperback
252 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2026
Summary
There is a close connection between the events dramatized in the plots of classical Athenian tragedy and tragedy’s distinctive form—its signature combination of individual actors and a chorus. Sharing in the Action revisits the plots enacted in tragedies to reveal how they are significantly conditioned by the wider phenomenon of the choral performance.
In Athenian tragedy, the protagonists portrayed by the actors tend to receive attention, but there has been …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501787263 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501787268 |
| Author: | Sheila Murnaghan |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Myth and Poetics II |
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Sheila Murnaghan
Sheila Murnaghan is Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the translator or author of several books, including Euripides’ Medea and Disguise and Recognition in the “Odyssey.”
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