{"product_id":"murder-among-friends-violation-of-philia-in-greek-tragedy-9780195131499","title":"Murder among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elizabeth S. Belfiore\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern scholars have followed Aristotle in noting the importance of \u003cem\u003ephilia\u003c\/em\u003e (kinship or friendship) in Greek tragedy, especially the large number of plots in which kin harm or murder one another. More than half of the thirty-two extant tragedies focus on an act in which harm occurs or is about to occur among \u003cem\u003ephiloi\u003c\/em\u003e who are blood kin. In contrast, Homeric epic tends to avoid the portrayal of harm to kin. It appears, then, that kin killing does not merely occur in what Aristotle calls the \"best\" Greek tragedies; rather, it is a characteristic of the genre as a whole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Murder Among Friends\u003c\/em\u003e, Elizabeth Belfiore supports this thesis with an in-depth examination of the crucial role of \u003cem\u003ephilia\u003c\/em\u003e in Greek tragedy. Drawing on a wealth of evidence, she compares tragedy and epic, discusses the role of philia relationships within Greek literature and society, and analyzes in detail the pattern of violation of \u003cem\u003ephilia\u003c\/em\u003e in five plays: Aeschylus' \u003cem\u003eSuppliants\u003c\/em\u003e, Sophocles' \u003cem\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAjax\u003c\/em\u003e, and Euripides' \u003cem\u003eIphigenia in Tauris\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAndromache\u003c\/em\u003e. Appendixes further document instances of violation of \u003cem\u003ephilia\u003c\/em\u003e in all the extant tragedies as well as in the lost plays of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46896666640535,"sku":"9780195131499","price":15712.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195131499.webp?v=1770359485","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/murder-among-friends-violation-of-philia-in-greek-tragedy-9780195131499","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}