Abstract

FLOREZ FLOREZ, Alfonso. DEMOCRACY GETS PROVED BY TRAGEDY.A READING OF AESCHYLUS' AND OF EURIPIDES' SUPPLIANTS. Univ. philos. [online]. 2014, vol.31, n.63, pp.17-38. ISSN 0120-5323.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.uph31-63.tdse.

The new values of democracy in the Athens of the fifth century find in Greek tragedy a particularly apt way of expression. On this basis, by way of a close reading of both works called Suppliants, one by Aeschylus, the other by Euripides, it is intended to show in what sense can be said that tragedy is a test or proof for democracy. This test or proof occurs when fundamental human values are at stake by the social marginalization of groups of people particularly vulnerable.

Keywords : greek tragedy; ancient greek philosophy; political philosophy; theories of democracy.

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