Aiskhylos’un Persler (Persai) Tragedyasi Ve Kserkses’teki ‘Aşiri Gurur (Hybris)’
Aeschylus’ Tragedy, the Persians and the ‘Violent Arrogance (Hybris)’ in Xerxes

Summary/Abstract: In the Persians, Aeschylus implies that Xerxes’ tragic downfall is caused by his violent arrogance. But the question of what exactly Xerxes’ hybris was is a point at issue. In this paper, after roughly presenting some important approaches to this question, I will try to indicate that there is a close connection between Xerxes’ hybris and the reason for behind his desire to enslave the Greeks. In what follows, I will defend the view that the essence of his hybris consists in the self-indulgent misuse of his authority in a futile aim merely to aggrandize himself.

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