CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Peloponnesian War, Hubris, Sophron

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Fabio Colivicchi

Document Summary

Friends = philoi: family people tied by friendship and obligations. Enemies = erkthroi: people who had done some harm in the past, their family and friends, doing harm to your enemy brought honour, feud between enemies can spill into legal matters; jury willing to listen to. The consequences of an extreme polarization between friends and enemies: the dissolution of the community: thucydides on the civil strife at kerkyra. A case of public vengeance: a whole community takes revenge on their enemies: thucydides, peloponnesian wars. There is proverbially nothing sweeter than retaliation upon enemies . An extreme case of revenge a betrayed wife of the myth: medeia. Jason from lolcus, supposed to be king, ruler already in position was like nah prove it. Go up north and take back the golden eece. I am another sort, kind to my friends indeed, but bitter to my enemies. That is how fame is won. - kill her kids and his wife.