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A Companion to Sophocles
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
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Sophocles: Antigone
A text of and commentary on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone.
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Electra
Con el paso del tiempo, Sófocles (c. 496-406 a. C.) se ha convertido en el autor paradigmático de la tragedia griega, y sobre su obra descansa en gran medida nuestra comprensión de este género y de sus implicaciones filosóficas y religiosas. Electra es una de las siete tragedias conservadas de Sófocles, cuya fecha de representación nos es desconocida. Dramatiza un episodio mítico de la saga de los Atridas: a su regreso a Micenas de la guerra, Agamenón es asesinado por su mujer, Clitemnestra, y su primo, Egisto. El único hijo varón del matrimonio es Orestes, que siendo un niño es enviado al exilio. En el palacio crecen las hijas, Crisótemis, que se resigna a lo ocurrido, y Electra, que alberga resentimiento contra los asesinos de su padre que la llevarán a vivir en perpetuo lamento anhelando el regreso de su hermano como vengador.
Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes
Author names not noted above: Euripides and Aristophanes. Translator names not noted above: E.D.A. Morshead, E.H. Plumtre, Gilbert Murray, and B.B. Rogers. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume VIII features nine...
