Sophocles' Philoctetes and the great soul robbery

Author(s)

• Austin, Norman

Bibliographic Information

Sophocles' Philoctetes and the great soul robbery

Norman Austin

（Wisconsin studies in classics）

University of Wisconsin Press, c2011

• : pbk. : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

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• NCID: BB06839538
• ISBN:
  • 9780299282745
• LCCN: 2010044623
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Madison, Wis.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 282 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sophocles. Philoctetes
  • LCSH : Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Philoctetes (Greek mythology) in literature
  • LCSH : Trojan War -- Literature and the war
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00382261