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What do the three themes of Greek drama tell us about what they cherish?
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The Greek word dike is usually translated as justice. This is not correct - it meant settlement. They believed that the stability of their society depended on problems being settled to mutual satisfaction to avoid on-going strife and vendettas.
So what they wanted was dike and the three inter-connected tragedies which made up each daily programme headed towards and ended up with a resolution of traumatic events which would give a stable solution.
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