Dolos and Dikê in Sophokles' Elektra /

Dolos and Dikê in Sophokles' Elektra /

The main problem facing critics of Sophokles' Elektra has always been understanding the presentation of the vengeance and the nature of justice it represents. This volume addresses the ethical issues of this play through an analysis of the language and argumentation which the characters use to...

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Main Author: MacLeod, Leona.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 219.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Sophocles. > Electra.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure) > In literature.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure)
Electra (Sophocles)
Literature.

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Call Number: PA4413.E5 M33 2001eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND EDITIONS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PROLOGOS: ORESTES AND ELEKTRA
  • ELEKTRA AND THE CHORUS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
  • ELEKTRA AND CHRYSOTHEMIS I: THE SOPHRON CITIZEN VERSUS FEMALE SOPHROSYNE
  • ELEKTRA AND KLYTAIMNESTRA: DIKE VS DIKE?
  • THE 'DEATH' OF ORESTES
  • ELEKTRA AND CHRYSOTHEMIS II: CIVIC ANDREIA AND FEMALE SOPHROSYNE
  • ELEKTRA AND ORESTES: REUNION AND VENGEANCE
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE.