Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis: between Homeric tradition and Aeschylean heritage
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Greek tragedy, Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis, Homer, AeschylusAbstract
Starting from the observation of the reception of Homer’s Iliad and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon in the Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis, this paper aims to show that this Euripidean tragedy articulates itself between a Homeric tradition –which is silent about the sacrifice of Agamemnon’s daughter– and a heritage of the Aeschylean tragedy, in which there is not only the narrative of Iphigenia’s sacrifice but also of its dreadful consequences.
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