The Greek Tragedy as a Teaching Resource

Abstract

I deal here with the consequences of using tragedy as a didactic resource in Philosophy classes in High School, which was done in my obligatory curricular internship. The tragic conflict, the setting with aspects of the classical Greek culture, the connection that the tragedy makes with other philosophical contents, the enormous didactic potential of the tragedies, as well as the reception of the students. I argue that, with due warning about anachronisms, the parallels that can be traced between tragedy and our days become truly didactic and even have great interdisciplinary potential.