City of Suppliants

City of Suppliants
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Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 0292737173
ISBN-13 : 9780292737174
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Book Synopsis City of Suppliants by : Angeliki Tzanetou

Download or read book City of Suppliants written by Angeliki Tzanetou and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With close readings of suppliant dramas by each of the major playwrights, this book explores how Greek tragedy used tales of foreign supplicants to promote, question, and negotiate the imperial ideology of Athens as a benevolent and moral ruling city.


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