Violence and the Polis in Lost Attic Tragedies: Ixion and Laius by Aeschylus; Laocoön, Niobe and Tereus by Sophocles; Antiope by Euripides
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https://doi.org/10.34624/agora.1.43422Keywords:
Greek tragedy, polis, violence, Ixion, Niobe, AntiopeAbstract
This study aims to reflect upon the presence of violence and its relationship with the Greek polis — particularly Athens — in Greek tragedy, focusing specifically on lost plays. By examining examples such as Ixion and Laius by Aeschylus; Laocoön, Niobe and Tereus by Sophocles; and Antiope by Euripides, the analysis confirms the thematic presence of political violence in plays beyond the extant corpus of tragedies.
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