Helping Friends and Harming Enemies - A Study in Sophocles and Greek Ethics

"Sophocles is often considered the least philosophical of the three great Greek tragedians. By analysing a fundamental principle of Greek popular ethics, this study challenged that presumption, and remains of vital interest to students, scholars and non-specialists interested in Greek culture and drama"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Preface; Glossary of Greek words; 1. Introduction; 2. Helping friends and harming enemies; 3. Ajax; 4. Antigone; 5. Electra; 6. Philoctetes; 7. Oedipus at Colonus; 8. Conclusion; 9. Bibliography; Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ruby Blondell (formerly known as Mary Whitlock Blundell) is Professor of Classics, and Adjunct Professor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Emeritx at the University of Washington. They have published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and on the reception of myth in popular culture. Their other books include The Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues (Cambridge, 2002), Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation (Oxford, 2013) and Helen of Troy in Hollywood (Princeton, 2023).

Zusammenfassung

Sophocles is often considered the least philosophical of the three great Greek tragedians. By analysing a fundamental principle of Greek popular ethics, this study challenged that presumption, and remains of vital interest to students, scholars and non-specialists interested in Greek culture and drama.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ruby Blondell, Ruby (University of Washington) Blondell, Blondell Ruby
• Mitarbeit: Konstan David (Vorwort)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009465847
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946584-7
• Seiten: 316
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Märchen, Sagen, Legenden; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Classical texts, Ancient World, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Ancient Greek and Roman literature