Description
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.
About the Author
Kirk Ormand is Professor of Classics at Oberlin. He is author of Exchange and the Maiden: Marriage in Sophoclean Tragedy (1999), Controlling Desires: Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome (2009), and The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and Archaic Greece (2014).
Book Information
ISBN 9781119025535
Author Kirk Ormand
Format Paperback
Page Count 624
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 939g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 173mm * 28mm
- 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
About the Author
Kirk Ormand is Professor of Classics at Oberlin. He is author of Exchange and the Maiden: Marriage in Sophoclean Tragedy (1999), Controlling Desires: Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome (2009), and The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and Archaic Greece (2014).
Book Information
ISBN 9781119025535
Author Kirk Ormand
Format Paperback
Page Count 624
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 939g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 173mm * 28mm
