Sophocles

Sophocles

Trachiniae
Herausgeber: Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Introduction is designed to be of use to readers who do not know Greek, as well as to specialists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2004
• Griechisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780521287760
• ISBN-10: 0521287766
• Artikelnr.: 22287418

Autorenporträt

Sophocles was born in 496 BCE in Colonus and died in 406 BCE inAthens. He is one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece and isbest known for Oedipus Rex. Women of Trachis is thought to be one of hisearliest tragedies, though there is no definitive date for its composition.Sophocles is said to have won first prize at the Festival of Dionysus at leasteighteen times.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The play
2. Stage action
3. The myth
4. The date
Trachiniae
Commentary
Appendices
Glossary of metrical terms
Indexes
Map of Trachis and the Malian Gulf.