Name: Tragedy and Archaic Greek Thought
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Author: Cairns, D. L.
ISBN: 9781905125579

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Physical Book

Publisher

Classical Press of Wales

Author

Cairns, D. L.

Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.68 kg.

ISBN

1905125577

ISBN13

9781905125579

Synopsis "Tragedy and Archaic Greek Thought"

Eight leading contemporary interpreters of Classical Greek tragedy here explore its relation to the thought of the Archaic Period. Prominent topics are the nature and possibility of divine justice; the influence of the gods on humans; fate and human responsibility; the instability of fortune and the principle of alternation; hybris and ate; and the inheritance of guilt and suffering. Other themes are tragedy's relation with Pre-Socratic philosophy, and the interplay between 'Archaic' features of the genre and fifth-century ethical and political thought. The book makes a powerful case for the importance of Archaic thought not only in the evolution of the tragic genre, but also for developed features of the Classical tragedians' art. Along with three papers on Aeschylus, four on Sophocles, and one on Euripides, there is an extensive introduction by the editor.

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