Plot-makers in Euripides' Ion/Urdidores de la trama en el Ion de Euripides

The aim of this paper is to examine the plot-makers in Euripides' Ion, focusing in this way on an aspect of the Euripidean metapoetry. Ion's four characters (Apollo, Xuthus, Creusa, and Ion) are transformed into plot-makers, with each of them trying to compose a plot. I have suggested that...

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Published inCuadernos de filología clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos no. 32; p. 115
Main Author Dimoglidis, Vasileios
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad Complutense de Madrid 01.01.2022
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Eurípides
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to examine the plot-makers in Euripides' Ion, focusing in this way on an aspect of the Euripidean metapoetry. Ion's four characters (Apollo, Xuthus, Creusa, and Ion) are transformed into plot-makers, with each of them trying to compose a plot. I have suggested that Apollo is the poet's double, and thus his plot echoes that of Euripides. The fact that, despite various deviations (that is, unsuccessful sub-plots), the plot is redirected every single time to the god's original plot, credits Apollo with the title of a successful theatrical writer (internal playwright), a title that Euripides himself assumes.
ISSN:1988-2637
1988-2637
DOI:10.5209/cfcg.77616