A MANIFESTAÇÃO DO ἈΙΔΏΣ COMO ἮΘΟΣ EM HIPÓLITO, DE EURÍPIDES

Abstract

The term αἰδώς designates a feeling related to the recognition that a subject has about the values of the society in which he or she is inserted. The term carries definitions that range from an inhibitory idea to the development of virtues, which justifies its direct relationship with the characters ἦθος. In epics, αἰδώς presents the notion of shame, while in tragedies one perceives the development of the notion of guilt. Therefore, from the works of Arthur Adkins and Douglas Cairns, the development of the term in its social, archaic and classical context will be investigated. Afterwards, through hypothetical-deductive analysis, the notion of αἰδώς, in the play Hippolytus, by Euripides, will be compared with the construction of ἦθος of three characters: The Nurse, Phaedra and Hippolytus.