Euripides and the sophists : some dramatic treatments of philosophical ideas / D.J. Conacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conacher, D. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 1998.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This work describes how Euripides provides, in specific plays, a variety of original treatments of well-known views of his contemporaries, the Sophists. The emphasis is on Euripides as the creative virtuoso of dramatic ideas rather than as a philosopher. Euripides' adaptation covers a range of dramatic styles and approaches, from the tragic treatment of the nature in 'Hippolytus', to the near parody of Sophistic views on sense-perception in 'Helen'."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Notes:

An earlier version of parts of Chapter VI of this book appeared under the title 'Nomos and physis in Euripedes' in Celebratio ed. J.P. Bews et al., Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472539724

Access Restriction:

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