Murder among Friends : Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy.

By: Belfiore, Elizabeth SMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (303 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780195351248Subject(s): Families in literature | Friendship in literature | Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism | Love in literature | Murder in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Murder among Friends : Violation of Philia in Greek TragedyDDC classification: 882/.0109355 LOC classification: PA3136.B45 2000Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Spelling and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Philia Relationships and Greek Literature -- 1. Philia in Aristotle and Greek Society -- 2. Philia in Epic -- 3. Philia in Tragedy: Overview -- 4. Xenia and Suppliancy in Tragedy -- Appendix to Chapter 1: David Konstan on Philos and Philia -- 2. Averting Fratricide: Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris -- 1. The House of Tantalos -- 2. Pylades as Savior and Kin -- 3. Recognition -- 4. Purification and Rescue -- 3. The Suppliant Bride: Io and the Danaïds in Aiskhylos's Suppliants -- 1. The Danaïds and Pelasgos -- 2. The Danaïds and Zeus -- 3. Io and Zeus Hikesios -- 4. The Suppliant Bride -- 5. Io as Bride of Zeus Begetter -- 6. The Danaïds and the Aigyptiads -- 7. The Suppliants and the Trilogy -- 4. A Token of Pain: Betrayal of Xenia in Sophokles' Philoktetes -- 1. Initiation of Xenia -- 2. Betrayal and Repentance -- 3. Violation of Xenia at Skyros -- 4. The Son of Akhilleus -- 5. Sleeping With the Enemy: Euripides' Andromakhe -- 1. The Authentês Relationship -- 2. Ambiguities -- 3. Thetis and Peleus -- 4. The Final Solution -- 6. Killing One's Closest Philos: Self-Slaughter in Sophokles' Aias -- 1. Greek Attitudes Toward Suicide -- 2. Suicide as Noble Death -- 3. Kharis and Retribution -- 4. The Self as Philos and Enemy -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Violation of Philia in the Extant Tragedies -- I. Blood Kinship -- II. Reciprocal Relationships -- III. Exceptional Plays -- Appendix B. Violation of Philia in the Fragments of the Major Tragedians -- 1. Category I. Subject Groups With Violation of Philia -- 2. Category II. Individual Plays With Violation of Philia -- 3. Category III. Subject Groups Without Violation of Philia -- 4. Category IV. Individual Plays Without Violation of Philia -- 5. Plays Not Discussed -- 6. Conclusion.
Appendix C. Violation of Philia in the Fragments of the Minor Tragedians -- 1. Titles Suggesting Harm to Philoi -- 2. Evidence Other Than Titles for Harm to Philoi -- 3. Evidence Against Harm to Philoi -- 4. Conclusions: Tragedy of the Fourth and Fifth Centuries -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: This book 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 B.C.E.
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Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Spelling and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Philia Relationships and Greek Literature -- 1. Philia in Aristotle and Greek Society -- 2. Philia in Epic -- 3. Philia in Tragedy: Overview -- 4. Xenia and Suppliancy in Tragedy -- Appendix to Chapter 1: David Konstan on Philos and Philia -- 2. Averting Fratricide: Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris -- 1. The House of Tantalos -- 2. Pylades as Savior and Kin -- 3. Recognition -- 4. Purification and Rescue -- 3. The Suppliant Bride: Io and the Danaïds in Aiskhylos's Suppliants -- 1. The Danaïds and Pelasgos -- 2. The Danaïds and Zeus -- 3. Io and Zeus Hikesios -- 4. The Suppliant Bride -- 5. Io as Bride of Zeus Begetter -- 6. The Danaïds and the Aigyptiads -- 7. The Suppliants and the Trilogy -- 4. A Token of Pain: Betrayal of Xenia in Sophokles' Philoktetes -- 1. Initiation of Xenia -- 2. Betrayal and Repentance -- 3. Violation of Xenia at Skyros -- 4. The Son of Akhilleus -- 5. Sleeping With the Enemy: Euripides' Andromakhe -- 1. The Authentês Relationship -- 2. Ambiguities -- 3. Thetis and Peleus -- 4. The Final Solution -- 6. Killing One's Closest Philos: Self-Slaughter in Sophokles' Aias -- 1. Greek Attitudes Toward Suicide -- 2. Suicide as Noble Death -- 3. Kharis and Retribution -- 4. The Self as Philos and Enemy -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Violation of Philia in the Extant Tragedies -- I. Blood Kinship -- II. Reciprocal Relationships -- III. Exceptional Plays -- Appendix B. Violation of Philia in the Fragments of the Major Tragedians -- 1. Category I. Subject Groups With Violation of Philia -- 2. Category II. Individual Plays With Violation of Philia -- 3. Category III. Subject Groups Without Violation of Philia -- 4. Category IV. Individual Plays Without Violation of Philia -- 5. Plays Not Discussed -- 6. Conclusion.

Appendix C. Violation of Philia in the Fragments of the Minor Tragedians -- 1. Titles Suggesting Harm to Philoi -- 2. Evidence Other Than Titles for Harm to Philoi -- 3. Evidence Against Harm to Philoi -- 4. Conclusions: Tragedy of the Fourth and Fifth Centuries -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

This book 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 B.C.E.

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