The hero as political problem: the conflict between identity and alterity in the theater of Dionysus

The main goal of the present text is to show that the conflict between identity and alterity played a key role in Greek tragedy. For this purpose I will first discuss the links between Greek tragedy and Dionysus, to whom tragedy was originally dedicated, trying to uncover common traits. Then, I will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Lavilla de Lera, Jonathan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Faculdade de São Bento (FSB)
Repositorio:Hypnos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.hypnos.org.br:article/600
Acceso en línea:https://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/600
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:tragedy
hero
politics
Antigone
Tragedia
héroe
política
Antígona
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Sumario:The main goal of the present text is to show that the conflict between identity and alterity played a key role in Greek tragedy. For this purpose I will first discuss the links between Greek tragedy and Dionysus, to whom tragedy was originally dedicated, trying to uncover common traits. Then, I will highlight points of continuity between archaic epos and the heroic ideal in tragedies. Lastly, I will bring together some of the ideas developed in the text, so as to test them against one of the tragedies, Antigone.