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TRAGIC PATHOS ScholarshaveoftenfocusedonunderstandingAristotle’spoetictheory, andparticularlytheconceptof catharsis inthePoetics, asaresponse toPlato’scritiqueofpityintheRepublic.However,thisbookshows that,whileGreekthinkersallacknowledgepityandsomeformoffear asresponsestotragedy,eachassumesforthetwoemotionsadifferent purpose,modeofpresentation,and,toadegree,understanding.This bookreassessesexpressionsoftheemotionswithindifferenttragedies andexploresemotionalresponsestoanddiscussionsofthetragedies bycontemporaryphilosophers,providinginsightsintotheethicaland socialimplicationsoftheemotions. dana lacourse munteanuisAssistantProfessorintheDepart- mentofGreekandLatinatOhioStateUniversity.Shehaspublished articles on Aristotle, Greek drama, and the reception of classics in modern literature and in opera, as well as edited a collection of essaysonemotion,gender,andgenreinantiquity.Herfutureresearch projectsincludeamonographon“stageddeath”inGreekdramaand aninterdisciplinaryprojectontheethicsofaesthetics. TRAGIC PATHOS Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy DANA LACOURSE MUNTEANU cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,Tokyo,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521765107 (cid:2)C DanaLaCourseMunteanu2012 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2012 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Munteanu,DanaLaCourse,1972– Tragicpathos:pityandfearinGreekphilosophyandtragedy/DanaLaCourseMunteanu. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-0-521-76510-7 1.Greekdrama(Tragedy)–Historyandcriticism. 2.Pathosinliterature. 3.Sympathyin literature. 4.Fearinliterature. 5.Aeschylus.Persae. 6.Aeschylus.Prometheusbound. 7.Sophocles.Ajax. 8.Euripides.Orestes. 9.Emotions(Philosophy)–History. 10.Aesthetics,Ancient. i.Title. pa3136.m86 2012 882(cid:3).0109162–dc23 2011027498 isbn978-0-521-76510-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ToTutica (FeliciaAmaliaFlorian), whomIhavedearlymissedandwhoseloveIcanneverforget Contents Prefaceandacknowledgments pageix Listofabbreviations xii Introduction 1 part i theoretical views about pity and fear as aesthetic emotions 1 Dramaandtheemotions:anIndo-Europeanconnection? 29 2 Gorgias:astrangetrio,thepoeticemotions 37 3 Plato:fromrealitytotragedyandback 52 4 Aristotle:thefirst“theorist”oftheaestheticemotions 70 part ii pity and fear within tragedies 5 Anintroduction 141 6 Aeschylus:Persians 151 7 PrometheusBound 164 8 Sophocles:Ajax 181 9 Euripides:Orestes 208 Appendix Catharsisandtheemotionsinthedefinitionof tragedyinthePoetics 238 Bibliography 251 Index 275 vii

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