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Roberto Morales-HarleyPublished On
2024-08-29Page Range
pp. 79–132Language
- English
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54 pages
3. The Ambush
The Tale of the Tricked Trickster
Chapter of: The Embassy, the Ambush, and the Ogre: Greco-Roman Influence in Sanskrit Theater(pp. 79–132)
Chapter 3 deals with the ambush motif in Iliad 10, Ps.-Euripides’ Rhesus, Mahābhārata 4, and (Ps.-)Bhāsa’s The Five Nights. In this case, nine parallelisms are highlighted between the plays, including the subjects of death and violence on stage (frowned upon in both traditions) as well as what closely mirrors Aristotelian anagnorisis in Sanskrit theater.
Contributors
Roberto Morales-Harley
(author)Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at Universidad de Costa Rica
Roberto Morales-Harley holds a doctorate in Humanities from the University of Malaga, a master’s degrees in Languages of the Ancient World from the University of Murcia and in Classical Literature from the University of Costa Rica, as well as licenciate and bachelor’s degrees in Classical Philology from the University of Costa Rica. He has studied Sanskrit at the Universities of Costa Rica, Murcia, and the Australian National University. He is currently Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Costa Rica.