A Companion to Sophocles
A Companion to Sophocles

Author: Kirk Ormand

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 1119025532

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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. First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragedies Features new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the current state of scholarship on Sophocles Presents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century Athens Seeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles in their historical context Includes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality; significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrights

Costume in England
Costume in England

Author: Frederick William Fairholt

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-10-22

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780344000218

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Seneca's "Hercules furens"
Seneca's

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9780801418761

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John G. Fitch's new Latin text of Seneca's play, Hercules Furens, is based on a collation of the chief manuscripts, including the Paris manuscript T.