The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous
contribution to this book provided by Joan Palevsky.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barrett, James.
Staged narrative: poetics and the messenger in Greek
tragedy / James Barrett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-23180-5 (acid-free paper)
1. Greek drama (Tragedy)—History and criticism.
2. Messengers in literature. 3. Narration (Rhetoric).
4. Rhetoric, Ancient. I. Title.
PA3136 .B36 2002
882 .0109352–dc21 2001005017

Manufactured in the United States of America
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The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and
totally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum require-
ments of ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Pa-
per). [w27]