In this provocative study, Dhuga challenges received views of the role of choruses of Elders in Greek tragedy and illuminates the way that political context and the relation between ruler and subject defines their surprisingly varied identities.
Helene Foley, Barnard College, Columbia University The identity and role of the chorus is one of the central topics in contemporary study ... Read moreof Greek tragedy, and this book makes an important and original contribution to the debate. Dhuga challenges the widely-held view that choruses are socially marginal and excluded from political power. He focuses on choruses of old men and argues convincingly that they are not necessarily marginal because they are old. He offers thoughtful and sensitive analyses of five plays, with many new insights. The book is both scholarly and well-written, with helpful summaries at the end of each chapter and a clear overall argument.
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