Euripides : Alcestis

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Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
Title
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Preface
1 438 and All That
	The Myth(s)
	Production Conditions
2 The Action of the Play
	Prologue
	Parôdos
	Episode
	First Stasimon
	Episode
	Second Stasimon
	Episode
	Third Stasimon
	Episode
	Kommos
	Fourth Stasimon
	Episode and Exodos
3 Themes of the Play
	The House and the Door
	Husband and Wife
	Parents and Children
	Xenia, Philia, and Charis
	Life and Death
	Lament
	Fame and Infamy
	Doubles and Opposites
	Alcestis’ Statue
	Marriage, Remarriage-and Silence
4 Afterlives of an Afterlife
	In Antiquity
	From Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
	From Shakespeare to the Nineteenth Century
	The Twentieth Century
	The Alcestiad
	Ted Hughes’ Alcestis
Chronology
Abbreviations
Glossary
Guide to Further Reading
	Texts, Commentaries, and Concordance
	Translations
	Adaptations
	General Studies of Greek Tragedy and Reception
	Books and Articles on Alcestis
Notes
Bibliography
Index