Family, in all its forms, has been a central concern of dramatists throughout the ages. The three major tragedians of the fifth-century BCE Athenian theater are no exception. In numerous works, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides depict the complexity of familial bonds connecting spouses, siblings, parents and children, and generations past and present. This course explores Attic tragedy by surveying the diverse, and sometimes disturbing, manifestations of these relationships across seven plays, devoting particular attention to the theatrical construction of gender. Family can be a safe...
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