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''Alcmaeon in Corinth'' (, ''Alkmaiōn ho dia Korinthou''; also known as ''Alcmaeon at Corinth'', ''Alcmaeon'') is a play by Greek dramatist Euripides. It was first produced posthumously at the Dionysia in Athens, most likely in 405 BCE, in a trilogy with ''The Bacchae'' and ''Iphigenia in Aulis''. The trilogy won first prize.〔 Except for a few fragments, ''Alcmaeon in Corinth'' has been lost. Irish playwright Colin Teevan published a reconstruction of the play in 2005. Approximately 23 fragments covering about 40 lines of ''Alcmaeon in Corinth'' are extant and were incorporated by Teevan in his reconstruction, although it is not certain that all these fragments belong to this play.〔 No complete scene has survived, nor has the cast of characters.〔 ==Plot== What is known of the plot of ''Alcmaeon in Corinth'' is based on a summary in the ''Library'' of Pseudo-Apollodorus.〔 According to this summary, during the time he went mad Alcmaeon had a son, Amphilochus, and a daughter, Tisiphone, by Manto.〔 Alcmaeon left the children to be raised by King Creon of Corinth, but Creon's wife Merope, jealous of Tisiphone, sold her into slavery.〔〔 Alcmaeon unknowingly purchased Tisiphone as a slave, and returned to Corinth with her, where he was reunited with Amphilochus, who was later to be the founder of Amphilochian Argos.〔〔 The play began with a prologue narrated by the god Apollo during which he explained that although Manto did not have any children with him, she had two children by Alcmaeon.〔 While Alcmaeon was in Corinth, there would have been a recognition scene in which Tisiphone's identity was revealed, probably by Merope.〔 Based on one of the surviving fragments, Creon fled childless into exile after the true father of Amphilochus was revealed to be Alcmaeon rather than Creon.〔 The chorus was probably a group of females. British classics scholar Edith Hall finds a possible thematic link between the three plays in the trilogy that included ''Alcmaeon in Corinth''.〔 ''Iphigenia in Aulis'' tells the story of King Agamemnon sacrificing his young daughter Iphigenia.〔 ''The Bacchae'' tells the story of Agave killing her young adult son Pentheus.〔 Similarly, ''Alcmaeon in Corinth'' incorporated the story of a parent's relationship with a youth.〔 Hall suggests that ''Alcmaeon in Corinth'' may have used at least a partially comic tone.〔 This theory is based on a fragmentary dialogue exchange. One character, possibly Alcmaeon, says that he "killed his mother, to put it in a nutshell."〔 Another character responds "Was this a consensual act, or were you both reluctant?"〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alcmaeon in Corinth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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