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Overpopulation in Euripides (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
overpopulation
Period
5th century BCE
Greek Classical Age 		Channel
Greek poets

Text
Euripides in his Helena refers to the motif of the overpopulated earth as something which does not require a detailed explanation.

Euripides, Helena 38-41:
(Helena:) ‘He (= Zeus) brought war upon the land of the Hellenes and to unhappy Phrygians to lighten mother Earth of the mass and mulitude of mortals and make Achilles known as the mightiest of Hellas.’

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Euripides, Helena 38-41

Bibliography

de Jong 1985, 400de Jong J. W. “The Over-Burdened Earth in India and Greece.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 105 (1985) 397-400. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus


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