CORE-UA 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Acropolis Of Athens, Sophocles, Eleutherae
27 Oct 2020
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Sophocles: 497 406 bce, the theban plays: Nor, again, that of a bad man passing from adversity to prosperity: for nothing can be more alien to the spirit of tragedy; nor, again, should the downfall of an utter villain be exhibited . Anagnorisis ignorance : refers to the protagonist: recognition, knowledge, emerging from, connection to philosophy, recognition emerging from ignorance. Such an event, therefore, will be neither pitiful nor terrible . Catharsis (from the greek meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions especially pity and fear through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. This could be a contest in athletics, in chariot or horse racing, or in music or literature at a public festival in ancient. Municipal records from ancient athens preserve the names of all the winning playwrights over the years:
