TY - JOUR
TI - Who’s Afraid of Alcestis, or Euripides’ “Woman of No Illusions”
AU - Kotlińska-Toma, Agnieszka
TI - Who’s Afraid of Alcestis, or Euripides’ “Woman of No Illusions”
AB - The aim of this paper is to present ancient and modern interpretations of the character of Alcestis in Euripides’ play. The analysis focuses on the understanding of family duties and the consequences of respecting or violating philia in the Greek oikos. A detailed examination of the demeanour of both Admetus and Alcestis shows how the family relationships are being gradually and irremediably destroyed. The Euripidean version of the myth ends, in my opinion, in the tragic collapse of the House of Admetus, and the presumed laetus exitus is a way of avoiding the final presentation of the real (and obvious for the audience) repercussions of Alcestis’s death and return.
VL - 2016
IS - Volume 18, Issue 3 (40)
PY - 2016
SN - 2082-0984
C1 - 2084-3844
SP - 221
EP - 254
DO - 10.4467/20843844TE.16.008.6818
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/terminus/article/kto-sie-boi-alkestis-czyli-eurypidesa-kobieta-bez-zludzen
KW - Alcestis
KW - Eurypides
KW - Greek tragedy