O8- Gay { GREEK TRAGEDY ‘ AND POLITICAL THEORY Edited by J. PETER EUBENUniversity of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Lt. London, England (© 1986 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging: ‘Main entry under tite: Greek tragedy and politial theory. Contents: Introduction—Greek tragedy and society / (Charles Segal—Polis and monarch in early Attic tragedy / Anthony Podlecki—fet] 1, Greek drama (Tragedy)—History and criticism — Addresoes, essays, lectures. 2. Politics in literature — Addresses, essays, lectures, 3. Literature and sociely — Greece—Addresses, essays, lectures. 1. Euben, | Peer, PA3136.638 1986 BBo1'09 85-2462, 5B o-520-05572-1 (alk. paper) ssn 0-520-055845 (pbk. lk, paper) ‘ublication Data Printed in the United States of America 123456789 For my parents, Arthur and Jean Euben1" Contents Preface . Introduction Greek Tragedy and Society: A Structuralist Per- spective — Charles Segal Polis and Monarch in Early Attic Tragedy Anthony J. Podlecki ‘Thebes: Theater of Self and Society in Athenian Drama Froma Zeitlin Politics and Madness Michael Davis. The Politics of Antigone Warren J. Lane and ‘Ann M. Lane uman Action and Political Action in Oedipus Tyrannos Joe! D. Schwartz . Oedipus at Colonus: Exile and Integra- tion Laura Slatkin Political Corruption in Euripides’ Orestes J. Peter Euben Myths and the Origins of Cities: Reflections on the Autochthony Theme in Euripides’ lon Arlene W. Saxonhouse ‘Tragedy and the Education of the Démos: Aris- totle's Response to Plato Stephen G. Salkever Contributors General Index Index of Greek Terms eB 101 42 162 183 210 222 252 274 305, 307 33