Murder among friends : violations of philia in Greek tragedy / Elizabeth S. Belfiore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belfiore, Elizabeth S., 1944- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Friendship in literature.

Murder in literature.

Families in literature.

Love in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770483-2

1-280-53059-6

0-19-535124-X

1-4294-0482-5

OCLC:

476010290