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OLD-SCHOOL STRENGTH: PELEUS AS OLD MAN IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMACHE

OLD-SCHOOL STRENGTH: PELEUS AS OLD MAN IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMACHE

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OLD-SCHOOL STRENGTH: PELEUS AS OLD MAN IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMACHE

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OLD-SCHOOL STRENGTH: PELEUS AS OLD MAN IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMACHE

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Classical quarterly, 2022-05, Vol.72 (1), p.109-119

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English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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The Peleus of Euripides’ Andromache makes claims puzzlingly incongruous with his decrepit physical state; he threatens physical violence against the much younger Menelaus and denies his advanced age outright in conversation with Andromache. Peleus’ motivations for acting in such a way, Menelaus’ cause for acting as if these claims are true, and the...

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OLD-SCHOOL STRENGTH: PELEUS AS OLD MAN IN EURIPIDES’ ANDROMACHE

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2754712807

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2754712807

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0009-8388

E-ISSN

1471-6844

DOI

10.1017/S0009838822000222

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