Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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Page 133
... father Telamon plays a prominent part in these feelings . When Ajax begins to speak trimeters , he gives as the first reason for his grief the fact that his father had won the prize of valor in the first Trojan expedition ( 434-40 ) ...
... father Telamon plays a prominent part in these feelings . When Ajax begins to speak trimeters , he gives as the first reason for his grief the fact that his father had won the prize of valor in the first Trojan expedition ( 434-40 ) ...
Page 134
... father that he is not acлλαуxvoc , in effect an illegitimate son . And what , in this situation , does it mean to die nobly ? Tecmessa will shortly offer her competing view of ɛvyέvɛiα ( namely , that it consists in preserving xάpic ...
... father that he is not acлλαуxvoc , in effect an illegitimate son . And what , in this situation , does it mean to die nobly ? Tecmessa will shortly offer her competing view of ɛvyέvɛiα ( namely , that it consists in preserving xάpic ...
Page 200
... father , 556 ) . Ion accepts Athena's words oùк άлicτíαι , which recalls his acquiescence in the unpleasant " truth " of the oracle which gave him to Xuthus ( τῶν θεῶν γοῦν οὐκ ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός , 557 ) . Finally , he believes that Apollo ...
... father , 556 ) . Ion accepts Athena's words oùк άлicτíαι , which recalls his acquiescence in the unpleasant " truth " of the oracle which gave him to Xuthus ( τῶν θεῶν γοῦν οὐκ ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός , 557 ) . Finally , he believes that Apollo ...
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