In Greek tragedies what is the difference between hamartia and hubris?
Hamartia is the fatal flaw that brings a good character to ruin.
Hubris is pride, the classic example of hamartia.
Hamartia is the fatal flaw that brings a good character to ruin.
Hubris is pride, the classic example of hamartia.
Euphemia Chalmers (“Effie”) Gray divorced English art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) on grounds of impotence. Gray obtained an annulment in 1854 after seven years of an unconsummated marriage. She went on to marry painter John Everett Millais, a favorite of Ruskin’s.
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