The use of anonymous characters in Greek tragedy

This thesis is a study of the use of anonymous characters in tragedy, those figures in almost every extant play who can only be identified by role, not by name. The use of such characters is shaped by two important characteristics: they are flexible, unbound by the traditions that restrict the heroe...

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Main Author: Yoon, Florence
Published: University of Oxford 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487164