Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Note on Editions and Translations xiii
6. Introduction. In Search of Tragedy’s Music 1
7. 1. Words, Music, and Dance in Archaic Lyric and Classical Tragedy 23
8. 2. Chorus, Character, and Plot in Electra 59
9. 3. Musical Absence in Trojan Women 100
10. 4. Protean Singers and the Shaping of Narrative in Helen 140
11. 5. From Choreia to Monody in Iphigenia in Aulis 191
12. Conclusion. Euripides’ Musical Innovations 233
13. Works Cited 247
14. General Index 267
15. Index Locorum 277