Euripides and the Sophists

Duckworth

1998

128 pages

9780715628164

I. Introduction. General purpose and plan. Some previous views. Euripides and some Sophistic views of the gods -- II. The Nature and Teachability of Virtue. Some Sophistic views. Virtue in Hippolytus -- III. The Relativity of Virtue. Some Sophistic views. The 'charis-theme' in Alcestis and Helen -- IV. The Power and Abuses of Rhetoric. Some Sophistic views. The Trojan Women. Hecuba -- V. Reality and Sense Perception. Some Sophistic views. Appearance and reality in Helen -- VI. Nomos and Related Ideas. Nomos and phusis among the Sophists. Nomos and related terms in Euripides' political plays. Nomos and phusis in Bacchae -- VII. Conclusion -- Conspectus of Sophists

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