The essay offers a new survey on Euripides’ fr. 820b Kannicht (from Phrixus B), where an unknown character argues that if tyche exists, there is no need of gods, but if the gods have strength, tyche is nothing. Taking as a starting point the interpretation offered by Carlo Diano («O la tyche o gli dèi. È il dilemma di Euripide»), we examine some of the standardized features of the passage; we also trace the role played by the crucial terms tyche and gods, often utilized together in extant dramas. We finally suggest that, in the second Phrixus, fr. 820b was followed by fr. 835, which could represent the sequel of a recurrent line of reasoning on the efficacy of the divine justice.
«O la Tyche o gli dèi»: il "dilemma" di Euripide nel fr. 820b Kannicht (e il fr. 835)
Rodighiero Andrea
2025-01-01
Abstract
The essay offers a new survey on Euripides’ fr. 820b Kannicht (from Phrixus B), where an unknown character argues that if tyche exists, there is no need of gods, but if the gods have strength, tyche is nothing. Taking as a starting point the interpretation offered by Carlo Diano («O la tyche o gli dèi. È il dilemma di Euripide»), we examine some of the standardized features of the passage; we also trace the role played by the crucial terms tyche and gods, often utilized together in extant dramas. We finally suggest that, in the second Phrixus, fr. 820b was followed by fr. 835, which could represent the sequel of a recurrent line of reasoning on the efficacy of the divine justice.
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