Democracy Gets Proved by Tragedy. A Reading of Aeschylus’ and of Euripides’ Suppliants
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Sep 7, 2015
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The new values of democracy in the Athens of the fifth century find in Greek tragedy a particularly apt way of expression. On this basis, by way of a close reading of both works called Suppliants, one by Aeschylus, the other by Euripides, it is intended to show in what sense can be said that tragedy is a test or proof for democracy. This test or proof occurs when fundamental human values are at stake by the social marginalization of groups of people particularly vulnerable.
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greek tragedy, ancient greek philosophy, political philosophy, theories of democracytragedia griega, filosofía griega, filosofía política, teorías de la democracia
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Flórez Flórez, A. (2015). Democracy Gets Proved by Tragedy. A Reading of Aeschylus’ and of Euripides’ Suppliants. Universitas Philosophica, 31(63). https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.uph31-63.tdse
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