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1. Is there any defence for matricide? A juridical reading of Sophocles' Electra.

Author

Harris, Peter James

Subjects
*ELECTRA (Greek mythological figure), *DRAMATISTS, *LITERARY characters, *PERFORMING arts audiences, *ROLE playing, *PARRICIDE, *DEBATE, *MANNERS & customs
Abstract

Based on an analysis of Electra by Sophocles, it is proposed that the central concern of the dramatist is not the matricide of Clytemnestra itself. Sophocles invites the audience to reflect, as though they were the jury in a law court, on the legality of the actions of Electra. The play is thus a contribution to the debate on Justice in Greek society initiated almost two centuries previously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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