Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-08-24
Total Pages: 47
ISBN-13: 1681464063
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The winner of the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, 'Philoctetes' describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring disabled master archer, Philoctetes, with them to Troy. The play covers several deep, contentious themes, including moral relativity, trauma, love vs. hatred, and friendship vs. enmity.
Author: Thomas Van Nortwick
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2015-02-26
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 0472119567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accessible examination of the evolution of key Sophoclean characters
Author: Norman Austin
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0299282732
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Norman Austin brings both keen insight and a life-long engagement with his subject to this study of Sophocles’ late tragedy Philoctetes, a fifth-century BCE play adapted from an infamous incident during the Trojan War. In Sophocles’ “Philoctetes” and the Great Soul Robbery, Austin examines the rich layers of text as well as context, situating the play within the historical and political milieu of the eclipse of Athenian power. He presents a study at once of interest to the classical scholar and accessible to the general reader. Though the play, written near the end of Sophocles’ career, is not as familiar to modern audiences as his Theban plays, Philoctetes grapples with issues—social, psychological, and spiritual—that remain as much a part of our lives today as they were for their original Athenian audience.
Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2019-04-03
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781012126162
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Author: Jan Coenraad Kamerbeek
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789004061484
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sophocles
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
Published: 2021-12-12
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 3986777962
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Philoktetes Sophocles - Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Philoketes is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet James Scully. A powerful tale born out of the blood and chaos of the Trojan War, Philoketes tells the story of a wounded soldier exiled by Odysseus, and the devastating consequences of the abandoned warrior's dangerously conflicted emotions when his former commander realizes Troy will not fall without Philoktetes and attempts to recruit him once more. This is Sophocles, vibrant and alive, for a new generation.