Murder among friends : violation of philia in Greek tragedy /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Belfiore, Elizabeth S., 1944-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Sujets:
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Friendship in literature.
Murder in literature.
Families in literature.
Love in literature.
Tragédie grecque > Histoire et critique.
Amitié dans la littérature.
Meurtre dans la littérature.
Familles dans la littérature.
Amour dans la littérature.
Mythologie grecque dans la littérature.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Families in literature
Friendship in literature
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Love in literature
Murder in literature
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Tragedies.
Grieks.
Verwantschap.
Vriendschap.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table des matières:
  • 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 Danaïds 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.

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