Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Euripides' Muse of Sorrows and the Artifice of Tragic Pleasure 13
6. Alcestis
7. 3. Cold Delight: Art, Death, and Transgression of Genre 37
8. 4. Female Death and Male Tears 51
9. 5. Admetus' Divided House: Spatial Dichotomies and Gender Roles 73
10. Hippolytus
11. 6. Language, Signs, and Gender 89
12. 7. Theater, Ritual, and Commemoration 110
13. 8. Confusion and Concealment: Vision, Hope, and Tragic Knowledge 136
14. Hecuba
15. 9. Golden Armor and Servile Robes: Heroism and Metamorphosis 157
16. 10. Violence and the Other: Greek, Female, and Barbarian 170
17. 11. Law and Universals 191
18. 12. The Problem of the Gods 214
19. 13. Conclusion: Euripides' Songs of Sorrow 227
20. Notes 237
21. Bibliography 283
22. Index 303