The motif of Io in Aeschylus' Suppliants / Robert Duff Murray, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Robert Duff, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeschylus. Suppliants.

Aeschylus.

Io (Greek mythology) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1958.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Few Greek tragedies confront the critic with more varied difficulties than the Suppliants, and perhaps no other tragedy has been the subject of such diverse interpretation. In this book Professor Murray demonstrates that the web of imagery woven around Io, the ancestress of the Danaids, is a vitally important vehicle of meaning, indispensable to a correct interpretation of the trilogy.Originally published in 1958.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Introduction

II. The Imagery of the Suppliants

III. The Aeschylean Io

IV. The Meaning of the Motif of Io

V. Hypermnestra and the Themes of the Trilogy

Appendix A: The Chronology of the Suppliants and the Prometheus Bound

Appendix B: Line 8 and the Motivation of the Danaids

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65278-3

1-4008-7819-5

OCLC:

966841624