{"product_id":"euripides-and-quotation-culture-paperback","title":"Euripides and Quotation Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresenting a new approach to Euripides' plays, this book explores the playwright's ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture.\u003c\/b\u003e Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both in social contexts (on the comic stage, at symposia, in law courts, in education) and in different literary genres (drama, biography, oratory, philosophy, literary scholarship, history and anthologies). There is also a discussion of the connection between quotability and classic status, where Wright asks what quotations can tell us about ancient reading habits. The implication is that Euripides actively participated in quotation culture by deliberately making certain portions of his plays stand out as especially quotable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Within classical antiquity, Euripides was the most widely quoted author apart from Homer. His plays are full of 'quotable quotes', which were repeated so often that they acquired a life of their own. Hundreds of famous verses from Euripidean drama circulated widely within the ancient world, even after the plays in which they originally featured became forgotten or vanished completely. Indeed, the majority of Euripides' tragedies now survive only in the form of scattered quotations, otherwise known to us as 'fragments'. It is this corpus of fragmentary quotations, along with his extant plays, that makes Euripides such an interesting case study in the world of quotation culture. This book is the first of its kind to understand Euripides' work through this lens, as well as opening up quotation culture as a major theme of interest within classical scholarship.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Greek at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely on Greek tragedy and comedy, including \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 2): Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2018), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Plays of Greek Tragedy (Volume 1): Neglected Authors \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eThe Comedian as Critic \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45640928886886,"sku":"9781350441217","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/w-T062vtL79781350441217.webp?v=1779306630","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/euripides-and-quotation-culture-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}