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Hippolytus Attitudes Towards Impiety And Court Cases

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The attitudes towards impiety seem to differ between Greek dramas and court cases. "Hippolytus" while its major theme focuses on impious behaviours, it is the mortals who seem to not focus on impiety. The only character in the drama to display a concern for the treatment of the gods is Hippolytus' servant, beyond that no one addresses the issue. During the climax of the conflict between Hippolytus and Theseus, Theseus is more concerned about Hippolytus' supposed crime of committing adultery against Phaedra. Hippolytus' punishment for rejecting the goddess Aphrodite happens behind the scenes from mortal eyes. Court cases, on the other hand, show a high level of involvement with the Athenian community who collectively decide the judgement of
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Socrates and Euthyphro ran into each other outside the court of Athens. Socrates is there because he is charged for impiety by Meletus, while Euthyphro is there because he is prosecuting his own father for an unintentional murder of a household slave. After listening to the reason of Euthyphro’s presence at court, Socrates is flattered by him, as he thinks surely a person bringing charges against his own father must have great knowledge on piety and impiety. He thinks no one will do such a thing unless they are absolutely sure it is the right thing to do so he asks Euthyphro to teach him what holiness is and what piety and impiety is, so that it might help him in his trial against Meletus. In reply at first Euthyphro says that piety is what he is doing, prosecuting the person who offended religion by murdering, even though he is his own father.

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