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Is there any defence for matricide? A juridical reading of Sophocles' Electra
Fecha
2009-12-01Registro en:
Acta Scientiarum Language and Culture, v. 31, n. 1, p. 53-60, 2009.
1983-4675
1983-4683
10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i1.3731
2-s2.0-79958096538
2-s2.0-79958096538.pdf
1652623774616075
0000-0003-2399-5963
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
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.