Manipulative supplication : violence and aggression in Aeschylus' Suppliant women
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Graf, Livia
issued: 2023-04-24T18:19:12Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: In this thesis I examine the supplication within Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women through the lens of the expectations a tragic audience would have of the scene. By looking at all examples of supplication and all uses of ἱκετ- language in tragedy, expectations of the suppliant and the supplicandus become evident. The suppliant is expected to show reverence to the supplicandus, the receiver of the supplication. The suppliant typically does this in three main ways: the use of gesture, the presentation of objects, and the use of appeals. The supplicandus is expected to provide a response to the suppliant, by either rejecting the supplication if they are threatening the suppliant or accepting the supplication if they are saving the suppliant from external harm. Rather than present the Danaids as reverent, Aeschylus alters these three common means of showing respect and further adds threats and expressions of anger, thus presenting the women as aggressive. Pelasgus, unlike the Danaids, meets his expectation and accepts the women’s supplication due to the fear incited by the women. By presenting the supplication scene in this way Aeschylus highlights the manipulative potential of the practice; Pelasgus is compelled to accept the Danaids despite the fact that they do not fulfill the expectation the audience would have of them.
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note: MANIPULATIVE SUPPLICATION VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION IN AESCHYLUS’ SUPPLIANT WOMEN by Livia Graf B.A., Boston University, 2018 M.A., The University of British Columbia, 2021 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Ancient Culture, Religion & Ethnicity) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2023 © Livia Graf, April 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: Manipulative supplication: violence and aggression in Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women submitted by Livia Graf in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Ancient Culture, Religion & Ethnicity Examining Committee: Florence Yoon, Associate Professor, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, UBC Supervisor CW Marshall, Professor, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Philip Yoo, Assistant Professor, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract In this thesis I examine the supplication within Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women through the lens of the expectations a tragic audience would have of the scene. By looking at all examples of supplication and all uses of ἱκετ- language in tragedy, expectations of the suppliant and the supplicandus become evident. The suppliant is expected to show reverence to the supplicandus, the receiver of the supplication. The suppliant typically does this in three main ways: the use of gesture, the presentation of objects, and the use of appeals. The supplicandus is expected to provide a response to the suppliant, by either rejecting the supplication if they are threatening the suppliant or accepting the supplication if they are saving the suppliant from external harm. Rather than present the Danaids as reverent, Aeschylus alters …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0431402
language: eng
degree discipline: Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Yoon, Florence, 1981-
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84440