Music in Euripides' Medea

Thomas, Oliver

Abstract

Argues for the plausibility of Athenaeus' evidence that Euripides' Medea contained an innovative treatment of melody, and discusses how this may have interacted with what the characters within the play say about musical innovations.

• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 29, 2018
• Deposit Date: Feb 1, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 30, 2020
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Music, text and culture in Ancient Greece
• ISBN: 9780198794462
• Keywords: Euripides, Medea, Athenaeus, Greek music
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/922570
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• Additional Information: This is a draft of a chapter that has been published on 29 March 2018 by Oxford University Press in the book Music, text and culture in Ancient Greece edited by Tom Phillips and Armand D'Angour.