Will, responsalibility and order: variations around two Greek tragedies. [Spanish]

Authors

  • Diego Soto Isaza Universidad de Cartagena

Keywords:

Tragedy, will, order, laws, fate, gods, conflict, myth. Prometeo, Bacants,

Abstract

The classic greek tragedies narrate con?icts and confrontations taht have
been taught and shapped by the tragic
poets. They have been typi?ed in the
ancient myths which they have received. The uprising greek cities with
their new order and new institution
throughout the tragic works confront
the old institutions and traditions that nowadays are being questioned and
discussed, and with them the notions
of human responsability and will are asked for before the gods’ empire and their corolary about man’s fate. These notions are at the same time required by the creation of rights and the government of laws rather than gods’ or man’s. This essay ?nds out about the statute of these thesis
in two tragic works in greek literature: “Chained Prometeo” by Esquilo and “Bacants” by Euripides.

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