Termín a koncept sófrosyné u Aischyla a Sofokla

In this article, I examine the instances of the term and concept of σωφροσύνη (sophro­syne) in Greek tragedy, taking in the extant plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles. I correct, or expand, conclusions arrived at by the authors de Vries, Kollman and North. I further focus in detail on the tragedies, or on passages in them, and on the themes connected with them which these authors have given less attention to. One of these is the manipulation of ethical discourse. Aeschylus, as well as Sophocles, in their extant plays, stress the manipulation of ethical discourse in relation to power and conformism. In this they differ from Euripides – whom I will discuss in a separate text – who concentrates more on the egoism of the rational agent in “private” life.