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Hymn to Gaia /mother of the Gods (391-402) in Sophocles' Philoktetes

The purpose of the present article is to analyse the function of the Hymn to Gaia (vv. 391-402) in Sophocles’ Philoctetes and to examine Sophocles’ re-appropriation of the hymnic tradition. I shall attempt to find the reasons for some of Sophocles’ departures from the tradition in the specific perf...

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Main Author:	Ristorto, Marcela Alejandra
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2017
Subjects:	Greek Hymn Tragedy performance Hymn and Tragic Hymn
Online Access:	https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/phaos/article/view/9434
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