Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus

Roisman, Hanna M.

ISBN 10: 084769092X / ISBN 13: 9780847690923

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 1999

About this Item

No edition/printing information. Dated, inscribed, and signed by the author on the title page: "May 2001 / Dear R-- H-- [something in Greek] / We wish you the best as you head out into the great unknown! These books, we hope, will remind you of the time we shared at Colby. We'll always have Waterville . . . / Hanna Roisman." There are two addition signatures under the author's, a "J. Roisman" and one that I can't read. Book is tight and unmarked; spine slightly cocked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. No dust jacket. Brodart protected.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 084769092X
• ISBN 13: 9780847690923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In this valuable book, Hanna M. Roisman provides a uniquely comprehensive look at Euripides' Hippolytus. Roisman begins with an examination of the ancient preference for the implicit style, and suggests a possible reading of Euripides' first treatment of the myth which would account for the Athenian audience's reservations about his Hippolytus Veiled. She proceeds to analyze significant scenes in the play, including Hippolytus' prayer to Artemis, Phaedra's delirium, Phaedra's "confession" speech, and the interactions between Theseus and Hippolytus. Concluding with a discussion of the meaning of the tragic in Hippolytus, Roisman questions the applicability in this case of the idea of the tragic flaw. Nothing Seems as It Is includes extensive comparisons of Euripides' play with the Phaedra of Seneca. This is a very important book for students and scholars of Greek tragedy, literature, and rhetoric.

About the Author

Hanna M. Roisman is professor of classics at Colby College. She is the author of The Odyssey Reformed (with F. Ahl) and Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy, as well as the editor of several other books.