Ritual Irony by Helene P. Foley
Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides
A study of Euripidean tragedy that explores how sacrificial ritual shapes plot, character, and theatrical effect, highlighting the ironic gaps between ritual ideals and dramatic outcomes. Through close readings of several plays, it shows how motifs of sacrifice—especially those involving women—interrogate civic religion, family bonds, and collective identity, transforming ritual language into poetic critique. Situating the dramas within Athenian ritual practice and contemporary anthropological thought, it argues that the stage reconfigures sacrifice to expose the tensions among piety, violence, and power.
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- 1985
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