Interpreting Aeschylus' Agamemnon through the categories of Aristotle
Subtitle: how Greek tragedy shaped ethical citizens
By: Martha Catherine Beck ; with a preface by Montague Brown ; foreword by Panos Eliopoulos
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773415218
Subjects: Ethics, Ancient, in literature; Drama; Chorus (Greek drama); Human beings in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Agamemnon (Greek mythology) in literature; Tragedy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Aeschylus' Agamemnon and the creation of an international culture today; title: The cultivation of practical wisdom; title: Nature and culture : human beings are by nature rational animals; title: Cultural evolution from animal to rational animal; title: Social evolution : mistaken judgments about the will of the gods; title: The chorus : the intellectual and emotional search for wisdom; title: Watchman : the catharsis of pity and fear throughout the play; title: Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics : the theory of the virtues; title: Justice in the soul and in the city; title: Aristotle on human happiness and misery; title: Education for practical wisdom in tragedy, Plato, and Aristotle : response to Martha Nussbaum.