Murder Among Friends: Violation Of Philia In Greek Tragedy
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- Synopsis
- Modern scholars have followed Aristotle in noting the importance ofphilia(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 occur amongphiloiwho are blood kin. In contrast, Homeric epic tends to avoid the portrayal of harm to kin. It appears, then, that kin killing does not merely occur in what Aristotle calls the "best" Greek tragedies; rather, it is a characteristic of the genre as a whole. In Murder Among Friends, Elizabeth Belfiore supports this thesis with an in-depth examination of the crucial role ofphiliain Greek tragedy. Drawing on a wealth of evidence, she compares tragedy and epic, discusses the role of philia relationships within Greek literature and society, and analyzes in detail the pattern of violation ofphiliain five plays: Aeschylus'Suppliants, Sophocles'PhiloctetesandAjax, and Euripides'Iphigenia in TaurisandAndromache. Appendixes further document instances of violation ofphiliain all the extant tragedies as well as in the lost plays of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780195351248
- Publisher:
- Ebsco Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 10/04/22
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- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
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- This is a copyrighted book.