Greek Tragedy and Sacrificial Ritual

The proliferation of theses and hypotheses, of reconstructions and constructions on the subject of the origin of tragedy leads to reflection on a basic problem of philological statements.¹ Evidently we ought not to expect that we can reduce so complex a phenomenon as Greek tragedy to one single form...

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Autor principal: Burkert, Walter 1931-2015 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2020
En: The Oedipus casebook
Año: 2020, Páginas: 129-166
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:The proliferation of theses and hypotheses, of reconstructions and constructions on the subject of the origin of tragedy leads to reflection on a basic problem of philological statements.¹ Evidently we ought not to expect that we can reduce so complex a phenomenon as Greek tragedy to one single formula of origin. Every statement is necessarily one-sided. When we are dealing with an evolution, with pollai metabolai (numerous transformations; Aristotle Poetics 1449a14), there will be in each case persistence as well as differentiation, yet it is difficult to describe both pertinently at the same time. So, following his own inclination, a...
ISBN:1628953780
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: The Oedipus casebook
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14321/j.ctvw1d58n.6