El poder político o el arte de hacer real lo posibleel Agamenón de la Hécuba de Eurípides y algunas recreaciones posteriores (Séneca, Gelli y Pérez de Oliva)
ISSN: 1579-7392
Year of publication: 2007
Issue: 6
Pages: 7-35
Type: Article
More publications in: Silva: Estudios de humanismo y tradición clásica
Abstract
It is generally believed that Agamemnon was negatively depicted in Euripides' Hecuba as a coward and an indecisive person, because the reservations of the King haven't been correctly interpreted. The reading we propose here, which we complete with Seneca, Gelli and Pérez de Oliva's interpretations on the character, is that these reservations should be studied as a sign of prudence in very specific political circumstances.