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Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy Belfiore, Elizabeth S. (Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department and Classical Civilization Program, Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department and Classical Civilization Program, University of Minnesota)
Murder Among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy
Belfiore, Elizabeth S. (Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department and Classical Civilization Program, Professor, Classical and Near Eastern Studies Department and Classical Civilization Program, University of Minnesota)
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 BC.
302 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 24, 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195131499 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 231 × 25 mm · 612 g |
| Language | English |