The Rhesus Attributed to Euripides
- Submitting institution
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Roehampton University
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 1175855
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781108889476
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 29 - Classics
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This volume is a holistic appreciation of both the linguistic/stylistic aspects of the text, and the most nuanced and exhaustive investigation of the historical context published so far. The synergy of the two approaches illuminates the long debated chronology and authorship of the tragedy. Language and style show that "Rhesus" is a post-tragic work that globally reflects on the experience of tragedy in the 5th century BC, rather than a work by Euripides. The attention for the culture, religion, and warfare of Northern Greece probably appeals to the audiences' attention for the emergence of the military power of Philip II.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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