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Sophocles: Philoctetes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
by Sophocles, Seth L. Schein (Author),
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
Sophocles' Philoctetes is one of the most widely read Greek tragedies today but
is a complex and challenging play to interpret. Its representation of
Philoctetes as a sufferer of physical and emotional pain gives it remarkable
power and intensity. It juxtaposes Homeric and fifth-century institutions and
values, explores honor, power and expediency as principles of personal and
political life, and represents contrasts and conflicts between innocence and
experience, ends and means, and the needs and demands of the individual and
those of society. This edition with commentary makes the play accessible to
students, teachers, and other readers of Greek literature at all levels. The
introduction discusses the main
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780521681438
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publishing Date 2013-09-12
Total Pages 400