Patterns of Revenge in Greek Tragedy: Liberation and Deliverance
Patterns of Revenge in Greek Tragedy: Liberation and Deliverance
Author(s): Jan KucharskiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Greek tragedy; satyr play; revenge; vengeance; tyrannicide; deliverance; liberation
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses some peculiar narrative pattern accompanying the plots of revenge in Greek drama. Particular attention here is given to the motifs of deliverance and tyrannicide. Among the plays taken into consideration are: Euripides’ "Cyclops", "Electra", "Heracles", the fragmentary "Kresphontes", Aeschylus’ "Oresteia" and Sophocles’ "Electra".
Journal: Scripta Classica
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 67-83
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
