http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2920 2013-05-19T21:32:25Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4234 Sophocles the ironist Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This chapter argues that while Sophocles may exploit relatively 'stable' irony, where the audience is confidently aware of truth hidden from the characters, he also uses more complex and 'unstable' irony which unsettles any feelings of certainty which we may have about the real meaning of events. 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3825 Space in Euripides Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This is the chapter on Euripides in a volume which discusses space in Greek literature from the point of view of narratology. 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2968 Divine and human action in Euripides' Ion Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This article argues that the ending of Euripides' play Ion is the result of an interaction between the plan of the god Apollo and the reactions of the human characters Creusa and Ion, and that the result is better than it would have been if Apollo's plan had gone smoothly. 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2943 The language of the gods : politeness in the prologue of the Troades Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This chapter discusses the dialogue between Athena and Poseidon (Euripides, Troades 48-97) in the light of face-threat politeness theory. 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2939 Sophocles in the light of face-threat politeness theory Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This chapter examines Sophocles' plays in the light of face-threat politeness theory. It deals with the subject under the following headings: face-threat politeness theory, positive politeness, negative politeness, off-record strategies, and politeness and characterization. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2938 Time in Euripides Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This chapter is a narratological study of time in Euripides. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2937 Brian Friel's Greek tragedy : narrative, drama, and fate in Living Quarters Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This article examines the use made in Brian Friel's play Living Quarters (1977) of Greek tragedy, and in particular of Euripides' Hippolytus (428 B.C.). The article discusses the character Sir in detail, and examines how Friel uses him to reimagine the Greek concept of fate and made it convincing in contemporary terms. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2936 The tragic aorist Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This article discusses the 'tragic' or 'instantaneous' use of the aorist tense in ancient Greek. It argues that traditional interpretations are inadequate, since most examples are neither more 'instantaneous' nor more forceful than the equivalent presents. This type of aorist is invariably performative, and its function is to distance the speaker from a more forceful present performative. This often has the effect of making the utterance more polite, and this is discussed in the light of face-threat politeness theory. 1999-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2935 The politeness of Achilles : off-record conversation strategies in Homer and the meaning of kertomia Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.) This article examines social interaction in Homer in the light of modern conversation analysis, especially Grice's theory of conversational implicature. Some notoriously problematic utterances are explained in terms of their 'off-record' significance. One particular off-record conversation strategy is characterized by Homer as kertomia, and this is discussed in detail. The article focusses on social problems at the end of Achilles' meeting with Priam in Iliad XXIV, and in particular on the much-discussed word epikertomeon (24.649). 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z