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The source of Greek or Western morality is fifth century tragedy; or so historians of ethics have long argued. Yet, Socrates (Σωκράτης) would be appalled by the ethics of tragedy. Hence, as critics, we are left to investigate this fissure in the pedagogical concrete. What is it about fifth century tragedy, in particular, that historians of ethics see an archetypal model; and why would Socrates vehemently disagree? Tragedy is to be understood as the imitation of an action. If there is anything educational to be taken from tragedy, it is its abi
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