In this interpretation of the seven extant tragedies of Sophocles, Professor Winnington-Ingram provides not so much a straightforward account of Sophocles as an exploration of his tragic vision of the world. The Sophoclean 'hero' lies at the centre of this vision. Taking the plays individually but without losing sight of the single consistent mind behind them, the author faces the questions of how the hero is to be regarded, what we are to make of the fates he suffered and the divine powers who controlled those fates. He proceeds by a detailed study of what Sophocles wrote, by close attention to form and recurrent themes, and especially by close analysis of a number of choral odes. Students of Greek drama will find that this detailed study provides invaluable insights into the meaning of the tragedies. Greek in the text is translated or paraphrased, so that the book will also be of interest to students of the literature and drama of other cultures.
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evil moira, pious purity, nether gods, second stasimon, nether powers, chthonian power, choral comment, first stasimon, heroic code, choral ode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Second Stasimon, Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus Coloneus, Lloyd Jones, Fourth Stasimon, Colonean Oedipus, Sophoclean Ajax, Deception Speech, Homeric Ajax, Aeschylean Erinyes, Fifth Stasimon, Fitton Brown, Zeus Agonios New!
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Interest in Sophocles is unabating. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evil moira, pious purity, nether gods, second stasimon, nether powers, chthonian power, choral comment, first stasimon, heroic code, choral ode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Second Stasimon, Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus Coloneus, Lloyd Jones, Fourth Stasimon, Colonean Oedipus, Sophoclean Ajax, Deception Speech, Homeric Ajax, Aeschylean Erinyes, Fifth Stasimon, Fitton Brown, Zeus Agonios New!
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- Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles on 17 pages
- Oedipus Coloneus (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) by Sophocles on 12 pages
- Hesiod and Aeschylus (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology) by Friedrich Solmsen on page 155, and page 206
- The Plays of Sophocles: Commentaries 1-7, Volume 7 the Oedipus Coloneus (v. 7) by J. C. Kamerbeek in Back Matter
- Oedipus Rex (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sophocles in Front Matter
- Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles by Charles Segal on 4 pages
- Laughing with Medusa: Classical Myth and Feminist Thought (Classical Presences) by Vanda Zajko on page 152, and Back Matter
- Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity (Classics & Contemporary Thought) by Christopher Rocco on page 40, and Back Matter
- Greek Tragic Theatre (Theatre Production Studies) by Rush Rehm in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge by Charles Segal on page 169, and Back Matter
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