References Further reading Bremer, J.M. "Hamartia." Tragic Error in the Poetics of Aristotle and in Greek Tragedy. Amsterdam, Adolf M. Hakkert, 1969. Cairns, D. L. Tragedy and Archaic Greek Thought. Swansea, The Classical Press of Wales, 2013. Hugh Lloyd-Jones, The Justice of Zeus, University of California Press, 1971, p. 212.The function of tragedy is to arose the emotions of pity and fear in the spectators. External links Hamartiology (Philosophical Theology of Sin) Ancient Greek theatre Christian hamartiology Christian terminology Literary concepts Narratology Plot (narrative) Poetics