Produced in Athens during the fifth century BC, the tragedies of Sophocles are a high point in world literature, vividly depicting unforgettable characters confronted with emotional crises, moral dilemmas, and the inscrutable ways of the gods.
It investigates the qualities of those plays, focusing on key aspects.
This volume examines Sophocles\' reputation as a dramatic poet both in his own day and later in antiquity, considering how it was that some of his plays survived from his time to ours.
Produced in Athens during the fifth century BC, the tragedies of Sophocles are a high point in world literature, vividly depicting unforgettable characters confronted with emotional crises, moral dilemmas, and the inscrutable ways of the gods