Abstract

CORIA, Marcela. ¿Es Medea "responsable" de matar a sus hijos?: Medea de Eurípides, los dioses y la concepción aristotélica de la acción. Argos [online]. 2013, vol.36, n.1, pp.65-82. ISSN 1853-6379.

In this article we wonder if it is pertinent to analyse the character of Euripides' Medea and, more precisely, her filicide, in the light of Aristotle's doctrine of action. With regard to the heroine, it is doubtful and perhaps confusing to talk about "responsibility" (in Aristotelian terms) because her motivations, as all tragic heroes', are two-sided: faced to a superior ἀνάγκη he wants what he is forced to do as well. In addition, Medea is not an ordinary woman: she is an ontologically complex character that has a share in the divine level, a share which is more crucial than what has usually been emphasized.

Keywords : Medea; Aristotle; Action; Responsibility; Gods.

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