Guilt by descent moral inheritance and decision making in Greek tragedy
Blighted and accursed families are an inescapable feature of Greek tragedy. The author gives the familiar issues of inherited guilt, curses, and divine causation a fresh appraisal, with particular reference to Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes and the Phoenician Women of Euripides. All Greek quot...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Oxford classical monographs / Oxford classical monographs
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Blighted and accursed families are an inescapable feature of Greek tragedy. The author gives the familiar issues of inherited guilt, curses, and divine causation a fresh appraisal, with particular reference to Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes and the Phoenician Women of Euripides. All Greek quotations are translated |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 202p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191711152 |