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Conclusion

Freedom and Form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Claire Catenaccio
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Monody is an essential part of Euripides’ mature dramatic art. All the surviving examples of actor’s lyric by Aeschylus and Sophocles are songs of lamentation, where the use of solo song emphasizes the relationship between the isolated singer and the larger group. Reacting against this tradition, in his late plays Euripides reconfigures monody by blending it with the other traditional forms of Greek tragedy, such as the agon, rhesis, choral ode, and messenger speech. These reconfigurations, or “liberations,” are signaled so that attention is drawn in each case to the poet’s ingenuity. In addition to this formal innovation, Euripides uses monody as a vehicle to express emotion and develop character on the tragic stage.

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Monody in Euripides
Character and the Liberation of Form in Late Greek Tragedy
, pp. 187 - 189
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Conclusion
  • Claire Catenaccio, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Monody in Euripides
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009300179.006
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  • Conclusion
  • Claire Catenaccio, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Monody in Euripides
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009300179.006
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  • Conclusion
  • Claire Catenaccio, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Monody in Euripides
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009300179.006
Available formats
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