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Bettegazzi, Nicolo' (2017)

Philosophy On Stage. The re-enactment of pre-Socratic questions in the Prometheus Bound.

Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)

This thesis explores the interaction between pre-Socratic philosophy and the Prometheus Bound, a drama normally attributed to Aeschylus. My aim is to investigate the process whereby the dramatist incorporates theoretical contents elaborated by early Greek philosophers that are in principle alien to his art. What role do such contents play when transposed onstage? And how does the tragedian contribute, through their re-elaboration, to the intellectual debates of his times? By examining the Prometheus Bound against some of the theological, ethical and epistemological notions of the pre-Socratics, this thesis aims at shedding new light on the interconnection between drama and contemporary philosophical speculation.

Greek tragedy

Pre-Socratic philosophy

logos and muthos

Prometheus

Author

Bettegazzi, Nicolo'

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Classics

Supervisors

Iribarren, Leopoldo

ECTS Credits

25

Language

en