Dolos and Dikê in Sophokles' Elektra

Dolos and Dikê in Sophokles' Elektra / by Leona MacLeod.

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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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Superior document:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 219
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MacLeod, Leona.
Year of Publication:2001
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 219.
Physical Description:1 online resource (221 p.)
Notes:Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D)--Dalhousie University.
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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.

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