Late Sophocles : The Hero's Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus

"Only a few plays by Sophocles-one of the great tragic playwrights from Classical Athens-have survived, and each of them dramatizes events from the rich store of myths that framed literature and art. Sophocles' treatment evokes issues that were vividly contemporary for Athenian audiences o...

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Main Author: Van Nortwick, Thomas (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 20150226
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