Antigone oedipus the king oedipus at colonus, and antigone, and more on. The seven plays in english verse sophocles audiobook and. Brills companion to the reception of sophocles brill. See all books authored by sophocles, including the three theban plays. Sophocles has 488 books on goodreads with 572407 ratings. Abbeys at 1 york street next to qvb is an aladdins cave for readers and sydneys muchloved indie bookshop since 1968 where ideas grow. Brill s companion to the reception of sophocles is a book by n. Brills companion to the reception of sophocles offers a comprehensive account of the reception of sophocles plays over the centuries. There is nothing in literature to compare with the oedipus plays of sophocles that let us see the same basic myth through different lenses. A companion to sophocles blackwell companions to the ancient. Oedipus trilogy by sophocles overdrive rakuten overdrive. Ebook a companion to sophocles free pdf online download. A companion to sophocles download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Sophocless most popular book is oedipus the king and other tragedies.
Brill s companion to sophocles offers 32 specially commissioned essays from leading international scholars which give critical examinations of the progress and direction of numerous wideranging debates about various aspects of sophoclean drama. Michael walton published and delivered between 1997 and 2014. Initial essays introduce sophocles extant tragedies as well as fragments of his lost plays, including the ichneutae. Be the first to ask a question about brills companion to sophocles.
These plays share a common theme, illuminating a persistent feature of political life, namely the antagonism. Brill over three centuries of scholarly publishing. Oedipuss daughter antigone deliberately breaks the laws of thebes when she buries her brothers body and is sentenced to death. Product details buy books online or at 1 york street. Brills companion to the reception of aeschylus explores the various ways aeschylus tragedies have been discussed, parodied, translated, revisioned, adapted, and integrated into other works over the course of the last 2500 years. The complete plays of sophocles isbn 97805532546 pdf epub. A companion to sophocles presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of sophocles. Antigone project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. As the covid19 virus continues to spread, our thoughts go out to anyone who has been infected or impacted. Brills companion to sophocles by andreas markantonatos editor.
Books by sophocles sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Brills companion to sophocles andreas markantonatos download. Sophocles and the politics of tragedy is an inquiry into a fundamental political problem made visible through the tragic poetry of sophocles. First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one. There are depths to the oedipus tragedies that only philosophers can plumb. Each play stems from the fated tragedy that oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. Brills companion to sophocles offers 32 chapters, newly co.
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Brill s companion to the reception of sophocles by n. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Oedipus the king is sophocles legendary rendition of the myth of the great king oedipus, perhaps the best known of all of the greek tragedies when an oracle foretells that the young prince oedipus will grow up to murder his father he is cast out of the kingdom by the king who hopes by doing so that he will avoid his fate. Sophocles, the son of sophilus, was a wealthy member of the rural deme small community of hippeios colonus in attica, which was to become a setting for one of his plays, and he was probably born there. Not many things are known about his life other than that he was wealthy, well educated and wrote about one hundred and twenty. Index of principal sophoclean passages published on 01 jan 2012 by brill. Translated in verse by robin bond 2014 university of canterbury, christchurch, new zealand. Enjoy reading 608 pages by starting download or read online brill s companion to the reception of sophocles. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. In part i badger offers a detailed exegesis of three plays. Translating classical plays is a selection of edited papers by j.
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Brill s companion to sophocles offers 32 chapters, newly commissioned and written by leading scholars, on sophocles life and works, as well as upon the basic historical, social, intellectual, moral, philosophical and religious issues of interest to sophocles which remain central in the study of greek tragedy to this day. Brills companion to the reception of sophocles offers a comprehensive account of the influence, reception and appropriation of all extant sophoclean plays. Brill s companion to sophocles civilization of the ancient mediterranean. Pdf a companion to hellenistic literature download read. Infobase ebooks formerly known as blooms literary criticism. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. A companion to euripides is an uptodate, centralized assessment of.
Immensely popular while alive, aeschylus reception begins in his own lifetime. A companion to sophocles presents a comprehensive collection of original essays by leading scholars that address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of sophocles. This is the final installment in sophocles s theban plays, following oedipus rex and oedipus at colonus. Description a masterpiece of greek tragedy, concerning the conflict between public and private morality. Pdf the three theban plays book pdf ebooks includes pdf. Brills companion to the reception of euripides offers a comprehensive account of the reception of euripides plays over the centuries, across cultures and within a range of different fields, such as literature, intellectual history, visual arts, music, dance, stage and cinema. The oedipus trilogy by sophocles sophocles overdrive. Brill s companion to leo strauss writings on classical political thought the third online collection of brill s acclaimed series of companions to classical studies continues to present the best in current scholarship in the field.
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