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In Sophoclean tragedies and some Greek myths, characters commit suicide or self-harm for things that might nowadays seem absurd. Did such things actually happen in ancient Greece?

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In Sophoclean tragedies and some Greek myths, characters commit suicide or self-harm for things that might nowadays seem absurd. Did such things actually happen in ancient Greece?	178
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