The past in Aeschylus and Sophocles / by Poulheria Kyriakou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyriakou, Poulheria.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 11.

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Aeschylus--Characters.

Aeschylus.

Sophocles--Characters.

Sophocles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book studies the past of the characters in Aeschylus and Sophocles, a neglected but crucial topic. The characters' beliefs, values, and emotionsbear on their view of the past. This view reinforces their beliefs and their conception of themselves and others as agentsof free will and members of a family and/or community. The study reveals that, although the characters' idea of the past is fixed, the impact of the past is not. The characters consider, review, and construct narratives of it, as they seek to mould a future they perceive as morally just for themselves and others.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

A. AESCHYLUS

I. Persae

II. Septem contra Thebas

III. Supplices

IV. Agamemnon

V. Choephori and Eumenides

B. SOPHOCLES

I. Ajax

II. Philoctetes

III. Electra

IV. Trachiniae

V. Oedipus Tyrannus

VI. Oedipus Coloneus

Conclusions

Appendices

Bibliography

Index of passages

Index of names and subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613400581

9781283400589

1283400588

9783110257564

3110257564

OCLC:

748242247