‘Horse Race, Rich in Woes’: Orestes’ Chariot Race and the Erinyes in Sophocles’ Electra
‘Horse Race, Rich in Woes’: Orestes’ Chariot Race and the Erinyes in Sophocles’ Electra
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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This article offers a new, ironic reading of the false narrative of Orestes’ chariot accident in Sophocles’ Electra (680–763). It argues that the speech exploits an established connection between the ancestral evils of the Atreids and the thematic nexus of horses, chariot racing and disaster to evoke Orestes’ flight from the Erinyes following the m...
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‘Horse Race, Rich in Woes’: Orestes’ Chariot Race and the Erinyes in Sophocles’ Electra
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2605522544
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2605522544
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0075-4269
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2041-4099
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10.1017/S0075426921000045
