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Sophocles: Philoctetes

Sophocles: Philoctetes( )
Author: Sophocles,
Editor: Schein, Seth L.
Series title:Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-86277-6
Publication Date:Sep 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $121.00
Book Description:

Accessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play. Provides help with morphology, grammar and syntax and interpretation of the text in its historical, social, cultural and intellectual contexts. The introduction also gives an account of its reception from antiquity to the present day.

Book Details
Pages:388
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.577 x 8.619 x 1.053 Inches
Book Weight:1.298 Pounds
Author Biography
Sophocles (Author)
Sophocles was born around 496 B.C. in Colonus (near Athens), Greece. In 480, he was selected to lead the paean (choral chant to a god) celebrating the decisive Greek sea victory over the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. He served as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was expanding its empire and influence. He wrote approximately 123 plays including Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, Trachiniae, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. His last recorded act was to lead a chorus in public mourning for Euripides. He died in 406 B. C.

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