Suppliant women
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Suppliant women
（Classical texts）
Aris & Phillips, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-256) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A group of Argive women has come to Eleusis to ask King Theseus and his city of Athens to bring about the burial of their sons who are being denied it by their Theban conquerors. Theseus is confronted with a challenge which at first he declines to take up, but then does so magnificently. The range of the play's debate is astonishing. It contains one of the Ur-texts of political theory. It explores social and religious themes. It deals with the concept of a just war, with the family, and with the role and behaviour of women. Above all it sets before us the education of Theseus, showing us movingly how this great hero is transformed into a great man. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary.
Table of Contents
General Editor's Foreword
Editor's Preface
Introduction:
1. Plot, themes and motifs
2. Politics and character
3a. King Theseus and democratic Athens
3b. Theseus, Herakles and Kimon
4. Athenian funeral encomia and Adrastos' oration
5. The play's geography
5a. Eleusis
5b. Thebes
5c. Argos
6. The myth and its reception
7. Date
8. The text and translation
Bibliography and Abbreviations for Suppliant Women
Map: The Greece of the play
Suppliant Women: Greek text with parallel translation
Commentary
Appendix: The Argive women and Athenian mourning legislation
General Bibliography
Index
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