Sophocles Revisited: Essays Presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones [Hardcover]

Jasper Griffin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0198130066 | ISBN-13: 978-0198130062

Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University from 1960 to 1989. He has made important contributions to our knowledge of ancient Greece. In September 1997 a group of former pupils and scholars offered him a set of papers on Sophocles in honor of is seventy-fifth birthday. This volume collects those papers, which give varied approaches to the poet, his work, and his influence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`a clearly focused volume, which has much to offer to anybody interested in Sophocles and Greek tragedy.' Felix Budelmann, Classical Rev.

`The collection opens with what might well become a standard article on gods in Sophocles.' Felix Budelmann, Classical Rev.

`In short, this is a pleasingly unified festschrift with some pieces that are likely to become standard points of reference - a worthy present for one of the most prominent Sophoclean scholars today.' Felix Budelmann, Classical Rev.

`All in all, the book is worthy of the eminent scholar to whose honour it is dedicated.' G Roskam, Les Etudes Classiques, University of Namur.

`Precise scholarship provide the point of reference for thirteen thought-provoking essays... This is where literary scholarship should be going.' Michael Silk, TLS 28/07/2000

About the Author

Jasper Griffin is at Balliol College, Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198130066
• ISBN-13: 978-0198130062
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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