The Electra of Sophocles: With a Commentary Abridged from the Larger Edition of Sir Richard C. Jebb, by Gilbert A. DaviesCUP Archive, 1930 - 195 pages |
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The Electra of Sophocles: With a Commentary, Abridged from the Larger ... Sophocles,Richard Claverhouse Jebb,Gilbert Austin Davies Affichage du livre entier - 1908 |
The Electra of Sophocles: With a Commentary, Abridged from the Larger ... Sophocles,Richard Claverhouse Jebb,Gilbert Austin Davies Affichage du livre entier - 1908 |
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Page iii - Two points distinguish this Homeric legend from later versions. First, Aegisthus is the principal criminal1. Clytaemnestra's part is altogether subordinate to that of her paramour. Secondly, the vengeance of Orestes is regarded as a simple act of retributive justice. It is not said that he slew his mother; the conjecture is left open that she may have died by her own hand. Nothing comes into the Epic view which can throw a shadow upon the merit of the avenger. § 2. In the interval between the Odyssey...