One deception, many lies. Frr. 301/302 Radt and Aeschylus' Philoctetes
This note argues that the most likely attribution for frr. 301/302 Radt of incerta fabula is to Aeschylus' Philoctetes, where they are delivered by Odysseus as a selfjustification. Few tragic deceptions could more reasonably be described as just than that of Odysseus in Philoctetes, for his g...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Österreichischen Akademie d. Wissenschaften
[2015]
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Wiener Studien
Year: 2015, Volume: 128, Pages: 19-26 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions TB Antiquity |
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| Summary: | This note argues that the most likely attribution for frr. 301/302 Radt of incerta fabula is to Aeschylus' Philoctetes, where they are delivered by Odysseus as a selfjustification. Few tragic deceptions could more reasonably be described as just than that of Odysseus in Philoctetes, for his guile served the just cause of assuring the Greek victory. According to Dio Chrysostom on Aeschylus' Philoctetes (or. 52), Odysseus disguised his own identity and told several lies concerning the condition of the Greek army; this corresponds to the one just deception and the several timely lies mentioned in our fragments. |
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| ISSN: | 1813-3924 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Wiener Studien
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1553/wst128s19 |