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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 December 2011
      24 November 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139005272
      9780521762731
      9781107525832
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139005272
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 288 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 290 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Theatre, Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
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    Classical Theatre, Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
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    Oaths were ubiquitous rituals in ancient Athenian legal, commercial, civic and international spheres. Their importance is reflected by the fact that much of surviving Greek drama features a formal oath sworn before the audience. This is the first comprehensive study of that phenomenon. The book explores how the oath can mark or structure a dramatic plot, at times compelling characters like Euripides' Hippolytus to act contrary to their best interests. It demonstrates how dramatic oaths resonate with oath rituals familiar to the Athenian audiences. Aristophanes' Lysistrata and her accomplices, for example, swear an oath that blends protocols of international treaties with priestesses' vows of sexual abstinence. By employing the principles of speech act theory, this book examines how the performative power of the dramatic oath can mirror the status quo, but also disturb categories of gender, social status and civic identity in ways that redistribute and confound social authority.

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