Groaning Tears : Ethical and Dramatic Aspects of Suicide in Greek Tragedy

by: Garrison, E.P.

Groaning Tears
Ethical and Dramatic Aspects of Suicide in Greek Tragedy
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 147
Author: E.P. Garrison
Groaning Tears examines suicide in Greek tragedy in light of the fifth-century ethical climate. No full-scale work has previously been devoted to this pervasive topic. The particular focus of identifying suicide as a response to the expectations of popular ethics and social demands makes it useful for scholars and students of drama, ethics and sociology.
Chapter one establishes the ethical background of audiences in the fifth century while chapters two through five examine suicide in the context of whole plays based on motivational distinctions: to avoid disgrace and preserve an honorable reputation; to avoid further suffering; to end grief; and to sacrifice oneself for a greater good. The final chapter considers a drama of lighter tone that presents suicide in all of its ethical and theatrical aspects.

Preliminary Material
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: i–x
Introduction
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 1–33
The sociology of suicide
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 34–44
To endure or to die honorably
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 45–79
The suicide note: escape songs
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 80–101
“Groaning tears”: suicide from grief
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 102–128
Noble Suicide
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 129–167
Conclusion: suicide in Euripides? Helen
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 168–179
Plot Summaries
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 180–185
Select Bibliography
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 186–199
Index Locorum
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 201–206
General Index
By: Costas Panayotakis
Pages: 207–210
Supplements to Mnemosyne
By: J. M. Bremer, L. F. Janssen, H. Pinkster, H. W. Pleket, C. J. Ruijgh, and P. H. Schrijvers
Pages: 211–214

ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΤΟΥ Η' ΔΙΕΘΝΟΥΣ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΤΙΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ : ΑΘΗΝΑ, 3-9 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1982 : ΤΟΜΟΣ Α' & ΤΟΜΟΣ Β' / Proceedings of the VIII International Congress on Greek and Latin Epigraphy : Athens, 3-9 October 1982 : Volumes I & II

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• ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΩΝ, ΑΘΗΝΑ, 1984

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Enkomi Excavations 1948-1958 : Volume I: The Architectural Remains, the Tombs, Volume II : Chronology, Summary and Conclusions, Catalogue, Appendices, Volume IIIa : Plates 1-239, Volume IIIb : Plates 240-295

by: Porhyrios Dikaios

• ISBN-13: 9783805302463 / 978-3-8053-0246-3
• ISBN-03: 3805302460 / 3805302460
• Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 1969

Price: 395,00 EURO

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The Victorious Youth

by: Mattusch, C.C.

• ISBN-13: 9780892364701 / 978-0-89236-470-1
• ISBN-03: 089236470X / 0-89236-470-X
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1997

ΤΟ ΕΡΓΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ ΤΟΜΟΣ 4, 1957

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• The Archaeological Society of Athens, ΑΘΗΝΑ / Athens, 

Groaning Tears : Ethical and Dramatic Aspects of Suicide in Greek Tragedy

by: Garrison, E.P.

• ISBN-13: 9789004102415 / 978-90-04-10241-5
• ISBN-03: 9004102418 / 90-04-10241-8
• E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1995