Aristotle, Women and Greek Tragedy

Aristotle, Women and Greek Tragedy Lecture by Edith Hall 17 March 2023 5:00-6:30PM A paradox lies at the heart of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle’s analyses of the best type of hero in a tragedy as outlined in his Poetics, his account of women as less able to deliberate than men in his Politics Book 1, and the actual moral stature of women in the surviving tragedies. This illustrated lecture examines the tensions between his remarks about male-female relationships inhis ethical and political works and his admiration for Greek tragedy, with special reference to Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripides’ Medea. + Ateneo de Manila University + ateneo.edu Follow Ateneo de Manila on Facebook fb.com/ateneodemanila Twitter twitter.com/ateneodemanilau Instagram instagram.com/theateneo Linkedin linkedin.com/school/ateneo-de-manila-university/