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Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy
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Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy Hardcover - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Elizabeth S. Belfiore

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This chapter provides an overview of the role of philia relationships in tragedy (sections 3 and 4) and contrasts the importance and prevalence of this pattern in tragedy with its absence or lack of emphasis in epic (section 2).

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  • Title Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy
  • Author Elizabeth S. Belfiore
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2000-01-27
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780195131499 / 0195131495
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.81 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06 cm)
  • Reading level 1500
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Love in literature, Murder in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99013051
  • Dewey Decimal Code 882.010

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New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. It appears, then, that kin killiing does not merely occur in what Aristotle calls the 'best' Greek tragedies; rather, it is a characteristic of the genre as a whole." 282 pages; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2
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Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0195131495 . Former owner's name on ffep. Light bump to base of spine. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Modern scholars have followed Aristotle in noting the importance of philia (kinship or friendship) in Greek tragedy, especially the large number of plots in which kin harm or murder one another. More than half of the thirty-two extant tragedies focus on an act in which harm occurs or is about to occur among philoi who are blood kin. In contrast, Homeric epic tends to avoid the portrayal of harm to kin. It appears, then, that kin killing does not merely occur in what Aristotle calls the "best" Greek tragedies; rather, it is a characteristic of the genre as a whole. In Murder Among Friends, Elizabeth Belfiore supports this thesis with an in-depth examination of the crucial role of philia in Greek tragedy. Drawing on a wealth of evidence, she compares tragedy and epic, discusses the role of philia… Read More
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