Hybris and Blindness in Euripides' Drama Alcestis
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Sixth International Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | hybris; Euripides' tragedies; Alcestis |
| Description | Hybris is wanton violence, arising from the pride of strength, passion etc. and connected with insolence or licentiousness, i.e. an arrogance going beyond the limits of common, human behaviour, which are based on both the divine authority and the human moral traditions and are liable to a punishment on the part of the gods. Even the Greek Attic authors of tragedies Sophocles and Euripides were convinced that recurrent periods of happiness lead to hybris nad bring punishment in retaliation. The present paper exemplifies this idea by briefly analyzing Euripides' drama Alcestis and, above all, commenting on the words and deeds of king Admetus, the husband of Alcestis. |
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