This book is the first detailed study of the plays of Sophocles through examination of a single ethical principle--the traditional Greek popular moral code of "helping friends and harming enemies." Five of the extant plays are discussed in detail from both a dramatic and an ethical standpoint, and the author concludes that ethical themes are not only integral to each drama, but are subjected to an implicit critique through the tragic consequences to which they give rise. Greek scholars and students of Greek drama and Greek thought will welcome this book, which is presented in such a way as to be accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike. No knowledge of Greek is required.
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"The presentation is thorough and readable, and the footnotes provide more than enough trails for the curious to follow into the secondary literature. Besides covering its stated theme, the book is in fact a good, up-to-date introduction to ethical issues in Sophocles generally." Classical World
"This book belongs firmly within the best tradition of Sophoclean interpretation....a good book: it discusses important questions responsibly and thoughtfully." Ruth Scodel, Ancient Philosophy
"This book belongs firmly within the best tradition of Sophoclean interpretation....a good book: it discusses important questions responsibly and thoughtfully." Ruth Scodel, Ancient Philosophy
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The first detailed study of a single ethical principle in five plays by Sophocles concludes that ethical themes are not only integral to each drama, but subjected to an implicit critique through the tragic consequences to which they give rise.
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According to Aristotle, character or ethos in tragedy is 'that which reveals what the moral choice is like' (Po. 50b8f.). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reciprocal charis, family philia, female phusis, retaliatory justice, deception speech, harm enemies, first stasimon, harming enemies, moral consistency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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According to Aristotle, character or ethos in tragedy is 'that which reveals what the moral choice is like' (Po. 50b8f.). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reciprocal charis, family philia, female phusis, retaliatory justice, deception speech, harm enemies, first stasimon, harming enemies, moral consistency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions) by Friedrich Nietzsche on page 260, and Back Matter
- The Trojan Women (Plays for Performance Series) by Nicholas Rudall on page 22, and page 23
- Sophocles : Antigone (Focus Classical Library) by Sophocles in Back Matter
- Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality by Lewis Richard Farnell in Back Matter
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- Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century by Carolinne White in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sophocles: Electra (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy) by Michael Lloyd in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Emotions in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy by Simo Knuuttila on page 5, and Back Matter
- The Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues by Ruby Blondell in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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