Metapoetry in Euripides is the first detailed study of the self-conscious literary devices applied within Euripidean drama and how these are inter-woven with issues of thematic importance, whether social, theological, or political. In the volume, Torrance argues that Euripides employed a complex system of metapoetic strategies in order to draw the audience's attention to the novelty of his compositions. The meta-poetic strategies discussed include intertextual allusions to earlier poetic texts (especially to Homer, Aeschylus and Sophocles), which are often developed around unusual and memorable language or imagery, deployment of recognizable trigger words referring to plot construction, novelties or secondary status, and self-conscious references to fiction implied through allusion to writing. Torrance also looks at and compares metapoetic techniques used in tragedy, satyr-drama, and old comedy to demonstrate that the Greek tragedians commonly exploited metapoetic strategies, and that meta-poetry is more pervasive in Euripides than in the other tragedians. While Euripides shares some metapoetic techniques with old comedy, these remain implicit in his tragedies (but not in his satyr-dramas). Book jacket

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Torrance, Isabelle

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

Oxford University Press, USA

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford, United Kingdom, 2013

Illustrated, 2013

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Cover 1
Contents 10
List of Illustrations 12
Abbreviations 14
Introduction 16
1. Euripides and the Oresteia 28
Electra 29
Rejecting Recognition, Rejecting Convention 30
Metaphor and Metapoetic Discourse: Electra and the Old Man 34
The ‘New’ Recognition Token 43
Framing Recognition and Oresteian Justice 46
Iphigenia among the Taurians 48
Religion, Aetiology, and the Oresteia 49
Recognition, Reversal, and Plot 53
Orestes 60
Replotting the Oresteia 61
The Scaffold of Eumenides, Theology, and Politics 62
Libation Bearers Replayed, Reversed, Re-enacted 65
First Things Last: Recasting Agamemnon 68
The Finale: An Oresteia in Miniature 71
Transforming Corporeality: Imagination and Visualization 72
Recognizing Metapoetics 76
2. Intertextual Ekphrasis 78
Temple Architecture 81
External and Internal Vision in Iphigenia among the Taurians 84
Warriors at Arms: Homer, Aeschylus, Euripides 90
The Arms of Achilles in Electra 91
The Catalogue of Ships in Iphigenia at Aulis 97
Rewriting Aeschylean Ekphrasis in Phoenician Women 109
Combative Capping? 144
3. Writing and Self-Conscious Mythopoēisis 150
Writing in Greek Tragedy 153
Writing and Fiction in Euripides’ Palamedes 157
Performing Text, Rewriting Myth: Hippolytus 161
Controlling Fiction in Iphigenia among the Taurians 167
The Constraints of Mythology in Iphigenia at Aulis 173
Writing and Authority in Euripides’ Suppliants 181
Reading, Writing, and Dramatic Performance 190
Mise en Abîme? Concluding Remarks 196
4. The Trojan War 198
Tragedy and Epic in Euripides’ Philoctetes 199
Double the Drama: Andromache 206
Twice the Tragedy: Hecuba 221
New Musings: Trojan Women and the Trojan Trilogy 233
Metapoetic Games in Cyclops 260
Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles 279
5. Tragedy, Comedy, and Euripides 282
Metapoetry in Tragedy and Satyr-Drama 283
Euripides and Comedy 297
Metapoetry in Euripides and in Comedy 312
Conclusion 314
Bibliography 318
Index Locorum 348
General Index 368
A 368
B 370
C 370
D 370
E 370
F 374
G 374
H 374
I 374
J 375
K 375
L 375
M 375
N 376
O 377
P 377
R 378
S 378
T 379
V 379
W 380
X 380
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Cover 1
Contents 10
List of Illustrations 12
Abbreviations 14
Introduction 16
1. Euripides and the Oresteia 28
Electra 29
Rejecting Recognition, Rejecting Convention 30
Metaphor and Metapoetic Discourse: Electra and the Old Man 34
The ‘New’ Recognition Token 43
Framing Recognition and Oresteian Justice 46
Iphigenia among the Taurians 48
Religion, Aetiology, and the Oresteia 49
Recognition, Reversal, and Plot 53
Orestes 60
Replotting the Oresteia 61
The Scaffold of Eumenides, Theology, and Politics 62
Libation Bearers Replayed, Reversed, Re-enacted 65
First Things Last: Recasting Agamemnon 68
The Finale: An Oresteia in Miniature 71
Transforming Corporeality: Imagination and Visualization 72
Recognizing Metapoetics 76
2. Intertextual Ekphrasis 78
Temple Architecture 81
External and Internal Vision in Iphigenia among the Taurians 84
Warriors at Arms: Homer, Aeschylus, Euripides 90
The Arms of Achilles in Electra 91
The Catalogue of Ships in Iphigenia at Aulis 97
Rewriting Aeschylean Ekphrasis in Phoenician Women 109
Combative Capping? 144
3. Writing and Self-Conscious Mythopoēisis 150
Writing in Greek Tragedy 153
Writing and Fiction in Euripides’ Palamedes 157
Performing Text, Rewriting Myth: Hippolytus 161
Controlling Fiction in Iphigenia among the Taurians 167
The Constraints of Mythology in Iphigenia at Aulis 173
Writing and Authority in Euripides’ Suppliants 181
Reading, Writing, and Dramatic Performance 190
Mise en Abîme? Concluding Remarks 196
4. The Trojan War 198
Tragedy and Epic in Euripides’ Philoctetes 199
Double the Drama: Andromache 206
Twice the Tragedy: Hecuba 221
New Musings: Trojan Women and the Trojan Trilogy 233
Metapoetic Games in Cyclops 260
Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles 279
5. Tragedy, Comedy, and Euripides 282
Metapoetry in Tragedy and Satyr-Drama 283
Euripides and Comedy 297
Metapoetry in Euripides and in Comedy 312
Conclusion 314
Bibliography 318
Index Locorum 348
General Index 368
A 368
B 370
C 370
D 370
E 370
F 374
G 374
H 374
I 374
J 375
K 375
L 375
M 375
N 376
O 377
P 377
R 378
S 378
T 379
V 379
W 380
X 380

A Detailed Study Of The Self-conscious Narrative Devices Within Euripidean Drama And How These Are Interwoven With Issues Of Thematic Importance, Social, Theological, Or Political. Torrance Argues That Euripides Employed A Complex System Of Metapoetic Strategies In Order To Draw The Audience's Attention To The Novelty Of His Compositions. Euripides And The Oresteia -- Intertextual Ekphrasis -- Writing And Self-conscious Mythopoiesis -- The Trojan War -- Tragedy, Comedy, And Euripides. Isabelle Torrance. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [303]-332) And Indexes.

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