The <i>opsis</i> of <i>Helen</i>: Performative Intertextuality in Euripides

Authors

  • Aspasia Skouroumouni Stavrinou Open University Cyprus

Abstract

Features of the play’s staging, costume, and gestures achieve a series of allusions to comparable features in the genre of comedy and thus reinforce the comic elements of the plot and characters of Helen.

Author Biography

Aspasia Skouroumouni Stavrinou, Open University Cyprus

Adjunct Lecturer, Open University of Cyprus

Special Scientist, University of Cyprus

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Published

2014-09-22

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 1 (2015)

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