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Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Sophocles' Philoctetes and the Great Soul Robbery
Author: Norman Austin
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299282732
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Norman Austin brings both keen insight and a life-long engagement with his subject to this study of Sophocles’ late tragedy Philoctetes, a fifth-century BCE play adapted from an infamous incident during the Trojan War. In Sophocles’ “Philoctetes” and the Great Soul Robbery, Austin examines the rich layers of text as well as context, situating the play within the historical and political milieu of the eclipse of Athenian power. He presents a study at once of interest to the classical scholar and accessible to the general reader. Though the play, written near the end of Sophocles’ career, is not as familiar to modern audiences as his Theban plays, Philoctetes grapples with issues—social, psychological, and spiritual—that remain as much a part of our lives today as they were for their original Athenian audience.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299282732
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Norman Austin brings both keen insight and a life-long engagement with his subject to this study of Sophocles’ late tragedy Philoctetes, a fifth-century BCE play adapted from an infamous incident during the Trojan War. In Sophocles’ “Philoctetes” and the Great Soul Robbery, Austin examines the rich layers of text as well as context, situating the play within the historical and political milieu of the eclipse of Athenian power. He presents a study at once of interest to the classical scholar and accessible to the general reader. Though the play, written near the end of Sophocles’ career, is not as familiar to modern audiences as his Theban plays, Philoctetes grapples with issues—social, psychological, and spiritual—that remain as much a part of our lives today as they were for their original Athenian audience.
Sophocles: Philoctetes
Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521862779
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Accessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play. Provides help with morphology, grammar and syntax and interpretation of the text in its historical, social, cultural and intellectual contexts. The introduction also gives an account of its reception from antiquity to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521862779
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Accessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play. Provides help with morphology, grammar and syntax and interpretation of the text in its historical, social, cultural and intellectual contexts. The introduction also gives an account of its reception from antiquity to the present day.
Sophocles' Philoctetes
Author: Sophocles
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Philoctetes
Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Greek Tragedy in New Translati
ISBN: 0195136578
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the play. En route to fight the Trojan War, the Greek army has abandoned Philoctetes, after the smell of his festering wound, mysteriously received from a snakebite at a shrine on a small island off Lemnos, makes it unbearable to keep him on ship. Ten years later, an oracle makes it clear that the war cannot be won without the assistance of Philoctetes and his famous bow, inherited from Hercules himself. Philoctetes focuses on the attempt of Neoptolemus and the hero Odysseus to persuade the bowman to sail with them to Troy. First, though, they must assuage his bitterness over having been abandoned, and then win his trust. But how should they do this--through trickery, or with the truth? To what extent do the ends justify the means? To what degree should personal integrity be compromised for the sake of public duty? These are among the questions that Sophocles puts forward in this, one of his most morally complex and penetrating plays.
Publisher: Greek Tragedy in New Translati
ISBN: 0195136578
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Under the general editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references in the play. En route to fight the Trojan War, the Greek army has abandoned Philoctetes, after the smell of his festering wound, mysteriously received from a snakebite at a shrine on a small island off Lemnos, makes it unbearable to keep him on ship. Ten years later, an oracle makes it clear that the war cannot be won without the assistance of Philoctetes and his famous bow, inherited from Hercules himself. Philoctetes focuses on the attempt of Neoptolemus and the hero Odysseus to persuade the bowman to sail with them to Troy. First, though, they must assuage his bitterness over having been abandoned, and then win his trust. But how should they do this--through trickery, or with the truth? To what extent do the ends justify the means? To what degree should personal integrity be compromised for the sake of public duty? These are among the questions that Sophocles puts forward in this, one of his most morally complex and penetrating plays.
philoctetes
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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The Philoctetes of Sophocles
Author: Sophocles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Sophocles' Philoctetes
Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar and vocabulary and then provide the specific grammatical and lexical notes that a student requires to begin the task of interpretation.
Publisher: Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar and vocabulary and then provide the specific grammatical and lexical notes that a student requires to begin the task of interpretation.
Philoctetes
Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681464063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
The winner of the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, 'Philoctetes' describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring disabled master archer, Philoctetes, with them to Troy. The play covers several deep, contentious themes, including moral relativity, trauma, love vs. hatred, and friendship vs. enmity.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681464063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
The winner of the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, 'Philoctetes' describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring disabled master archer, Philoctetes, with them to Troy. The play covers several deep, contentious themes, including moral relativity, trauma, love vs. hatred, and friendship vs. enmity.
Late Sophocles
Author: Thomas Van Nortwick
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119567
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
An accessible examination of the evolution of key Sophoclean characters
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119567
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
An accessible examination of the evolution of key Sophoclean characters
The Philoctetes of Sophocles
Author: Sophocles
Publisher:
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Category : Philoctetes (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philoctetes (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description