Euripides and the gods [electronic resource] / Mary Lefkowitz.

Euripides and the gods [electronic resource] / Mary Lefkowitz.

9780190463113 (electronic book)

New York, NY ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages) : illustrations.

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199752058 doi

PA3978 .L44 2016eb

882.01

Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to undermine ancient religion, Euripides is describing with a brutal realism what the gods are like, and reminding his mortal audience of the limitations of human understanding.

Although readers continue to believe that in his dramas Euripides was questioning the nature and sometimes even the existence of the gods, and that through his dramas he sought to reveal the flaws in the traditional religious beliefs of his own time, this book argues that instead of seeking to undermine ancient religion, Euripides is describing with a brutal realism what the gods are like, and reminding his mortal audience of the limitations of human understanding.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Onassis series in Hellenic culture.

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