CLST 100 Chapter Notes -Hubris, Kottabos, Aegisthus

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Polemois= one hostile to, at war with. Proxemia= bond of trust between a polis and a prominent individual outside. Proxenos was usually a citizen of the state in which he served and not of the state he presented. Hubris= intentionally dishonouring behaviour in order to humiliate an individual. It is not a religious term: insulting affliction of physical force or violence, hubristic acts could also be sexual assaults, hubristic acts were also considered the disrespect of accepted inferiors. Slaves: violence after drunkenness was also a hubris act. Sophrosune= self control/prudence: to be moderate; to not cross the limit, know yourself; nothing in excess. A women who wore too much makeup was a bad sign; it meant she was looking for something outside her home. Aigisthos and her lover killed agamemnon; to get revenge orestes killed.