Tyrannoi and Tyrants on the Tragic Stage
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https://doi.org/10.12797/CC.15.2012.15.08Keywords:
Greek tyranny, Sophocles, Greek drama, polisAbstract
The paper analyses the terms tyrannos and basileus in both Greek politics and Greek drama, taking under special scrutiny various connotations and associations of the terms tyrannos and tyrannis in the language of Attic tragedy.
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