Groaning tears : ethical and dramatic aspects of suicide in Greek tragedy /

Groaning tears : ethical and dramatic aspects of suicide in Greek tragedy /

Groaning Tears examines suicide in Greek tragedy in light of the fifth-century ethical climate. No full-scale work has previously been devoted to this pervasive topic. The particular focus of identifying suicide as a response to the expectations of popular ethics and social demands makes it useful f...

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Main Author: Garrison, Elise P.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1995.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 147.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Suicide > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethics, Ancient, in literature.
Suicide in literature.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA3136 .G38 1995

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • Introduction /
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  • The sociology of suicide /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • To endure or to die honorably /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • The suicide note: escape songs /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • "Groaning tears": suicide from grief /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • Noble Suicide /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • Conclusion: suicide in Euripides' Helen /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • Plot Summaries /
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  • Select Bibliography /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • Index Locorum /
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  • General Index /
  • Costas Panayotakis
  • Supplements to Mnemosyne /
  • J. M. Bremer , L. F. Janssen , H. Pinkster , H. W. Pleket , C. J. Ruijgh and P. H. Schrijvers.