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Autore: | Belfiore Elizabeth S. <1944-> |
Titolo: | Murder among friends : violation of philia in Greek tragedy / / Elizabeth S. Belfiore |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina: | 882.0109 |
882/.0109355 | |
Soggetto topico: | Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism |
Friendship in literature | |
Murder in literature | |
Families in literature | |
Love in literature | |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2000. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This volume argues that Greek tragedy as a genre is characterized by plots centering on kin killing. It contains a detailed analysis of five plays, and comprehensive documentation of this plot pattern in all of the extant tragedies, and in the lost plays of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Murder among friends |
ISBN: | 0-19-770483-2 |
1-280-53059-6 | |
0-19-535124-X | |
1-4294-0482-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827762503321 |
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