The terms πρόφασις and σκῆψις in ancient Greek: a semantic study of their use in the preserved tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
Abstract
This study analyses the terms πρόφασις and σκῆψις in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, with the aim of identifying the semantic differences between these terms and determining the reasons that lead to the selection of one term or the other in a given context. Indeed, the semantic differences between πρόφασις and σκῆψις are well represented in the tragediographers' use of these terms in their plays, where they serve to classify the type of pretext or excuse employed and give additional information about the real reasons underlying the dramatic plot. An appendix on the use of these terms in Aristophanes' comedies completes this study.
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