The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart through pity and terror, purging us of our petty concerns and ...

So you haven’t read Oedipus the King? You’re missing out on the greatest Greek tragedy of all time Discover why Aristotle ranked it as the hottest tragedy ever NFL confirms huge change in ...

In his Poetics, Aristotle argued that art, particularly tragedy, imitates life and has the power to evoke emotions like pity and fear, leading to catharsis. Aristotle introduced the idea of hexis ...

Although what Aristotle originally delivered was a treatise on all genres of Greek poetry, with specific reference to epic, tragedy, and comedy, in what survives, tragedy dominates. In its ...