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An analysis of the literary and dramatic function of ritual within the world of Sophocles' plays, for scholars of Greek tragedy, ancient theater, and poetics.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Sources -- Introduction: Ritual Poetics in the Plays of Sophocles -- 1. Normative Rituals and R

The studies included in Mythogenesis, Interdiscursivity, Ritual —offered to Professor Demetrios Yatromanolakis, a pioneering scholar— shed new light on a va

Explores how Greek tragedy was fundamentally choral and deeply connected to the cultic and ritual contexts of its performance.

A unique look at the social and religious foundations of the tragic genre. Liebler asks whether it is possible to regard tragic heroes such as Lear and Coriolan