Chapter What melos for Troy? Blending of Lyric Genres in the First Stasimon of Euripides' Trojan Women

• Main Author: Fanfani, Giovanni (auth)
• Other Authors: Andújar, Rosa (Editor), Hadjimichael, Theodora A. (Editor), Coward, Thomas R. P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2018
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes 58
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient Greek Tragedy; Greek Lyric Poetry; Chorality; Performance.
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This volume locates ancient tragic drama within a larger map of Greek lyric activity, stressing that Athenian tragedy was a vital participant in a wider song-and-performance culture. The collected essays examine the density of the lyric imprint in tragedy, and demonstrate the dynamic and nuanced rel...