Credible Impossibilities: Conventions and Strategies of Verisimilitude in Homer and Greek TragedyVieweg+Teubner Verlag, 1999 - 216 pages |
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... Theseus ' credulity is not beyond naturalization . We may , for example , wonder whether Theseus ' tirade about Hippolytus ' hypocrisy suggests that Theseus cannot trust his son because he does not understand his devotion to chastity ...
... Theseus ' credulity is not beyond naturalization . We may , for example , wonder whether Theseus ' tirade about Hippolytus ' hypocrisy suggests that Theseus cannot trust his son because he does not understand his devotion to chastity ...
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... Theseus in Troezen ? He is in a one - year exile for the killing of the Pallantidae ( 34-38 ) -exile for homicide ... Theseus took extra time ( 619 ) . The messengers help moti- vate the violence of Heracles ' hatred for Eurystheus ...
... Theseus in Troezen ? He is in a one - year exile for the killing of the Pallantidae ( 34-38 ) -exile for homicide ... Theseus took extra time ( 619 ) . The messengers help moti- vate the violence of Heracles ' hatred for Eurystheus ...
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... Theseus not be fulfilled ( though his lack of confidence in it is perfectly plausible ) . So we know from the start that the curse has to be fulfilled . Furthermore , nothing really prevents Theseus from simply ordering Hippolytus to be ...
... Theseus not be fulfilled ( though his lack of confidence in it is perfectly plausible ) . So we know from the start that the curse has to be fulfilled . Furthermore , nothing really prevents Theseus from simply ordering Hippolytus to be ...
Contents
Defining Credibility | 1 |
Homeric Chronology and Conventions of Inattention | 59 |
Inaccurate Prediction | 77 |
Copyright | |
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