By C. W. Marshall
Libation Bearers instantly entered the Athenian visible mind's eye, influencing inventive depictions on red-figured vases, and encouraging performs by means of Euripides and Sophocles. This learn seems to be to the later performs to teach how 5th-century audiences understood Libation Bearers. sleek reception of the play is built-in into the research. the quantity encompasses a complete diversity of ancillary fabric, delivering an inventory of correct red-figure vase illustrations, a thesaurus of technical phrases, and a chronology of historical and smooth theatrical versions.
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