Generic intersections between tragic and civic epitaph: Euripides and Gorgias
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The theme of death is prevalent in classical Greek literature, generating various poetic and discursive forms ranging from lyrical lamentations to rigorously structured prose discourses with historical and political aims. This article analyzes the epitaph of the Argives in Euripides' The Suppliants and its resemblance to the epitaph of Gorgias in terms of motifs and imagery. The article shows the disruptive nature of both epitaphs: one due to the alteration of the topical order and myth, and the other due to the intensity of its adjectivalization and lexical selection.
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