Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles, Athens, and the World, Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 87
Erschienen am
19.03.2007, 1. Auflage 2007
Beschreibung
This book aims to offer a contemporary literary interpretation of the play, including a readable discussion of its underlying historical, religious, moral, social, and mythical issues. Also, it discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play, the main intertextual affiliations with earlier Thebes-related tragedies, especially focusing on Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, and the literature and performance reception of the play; it contains an up-to-date bibliography and detailed indices. Thebook won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.
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Autorenportrait
Andreas Markantonatos, University of Patras, Greece.
