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Euripidean Polemic: The Trojan Women and the Function of Tragedy (Cambridge Classical Studies)

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Euripidean Polemic by Dr. N.T. Croally is an excellent textbook for any student or academic wishing to understand the function of Athenian tragedy and its role within the political system. Dr. Croally's insights into the work of Euripides (concentrating on the Trojan Women) are unique and fascinating. This is truly a useful and scholarly book. Highly recommended.

For anyone interested in Ancient Greek theatre and the focus on space, this text is an excellent analysis of The Trojan Women as the context for investigating the politics of space as it relates to both the Ancient Greek stage and Greek ideology. And while the text is at times dense and "heavily academic," I found the analysis of space extremely insightful and enlightening and used the ideas freely in my work on a production of The Trojan Women. Highly recommended.

This is a wonderful book. Croally is an erudite and adventurous scholar, and an interesting writer, not all that common for academics these days (e.g. "the slaves betray characteristics of the free which the free themselves do not possess"). This is essential reading for the study of Euripides and the function of tragedy.

I do not rate this book very highly. I think that Dr David Holden totaly wrong about his views and should go back to school