This work focuses not on the heroic figures of Sophocles's dramas, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions. The author studies five of Sophocles's seven extant plays: Ajax, Oedipus Tyrranus, Philoctetes, Antigone and Trachinian Women.
Language
English
Pages
276
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 1995
ISBN 13
9780674821002
Sophocles' Tragic World: Divinity, Nature, Society
This work focuses not on the heroic figures of Sophocles's dramas, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions. The author studies five of Sophocles's seven extant plays: Ajax, Oedipus Tyrranus, Philoctetes, Antigone and Trachinian Women.