Murder among friends : violation of philia in Greek tragedy /
Modern scholars have followed Aristotle in noting the importance of philia (kinship or friendship) in Greek tragedy, especially the large number of plots in which kin harm or murder one another. More than half of the thirty-two extant tragedies focus on an act in which harm occurs or is about to occ...
| Основен автор: | Belfiore, Elizabeth S., 1944- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Murder among friends. |
Съдържание:
- Contents; A Note on Spelling and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Philia Relationships and Greek Literature; 2. Averting Fratricide: Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris; 3. The Suppliant Bride: Io and the Danaids in Aiskhylos's Suppliants; 4. A Token of Pain: Betrayal of Xenia in Sophokles' Philoktetes; 5. Sleeping With the Enemy: Euripides' Andromakhe; 6. Killing One's Closest Philos: Self-Slaughter in Sophokles' Aias; Conclusion; Appendix A. Violation of Philia in the Extant Tragedies; Appendix B. Violation of Philia in the Fragments of the Major Tragedians.
- Appendix C. Violation of Philia in the Fragments of the Minor TragediansNotes; Glossary; Works Cited; Index.