Encounters with the plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides / Pantelis Michelakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michelakis, Pantelis, author.

Series:

Classics in theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer. Iliad.

Homer.

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.

Sophocles.

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.

Thucydides.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Plague in literature.

History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides).

Iliad (Homer).

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

viii, 250 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Encounters with the Plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides' explores three of the earliest, and most influential, accounts of plague visitations in Western literature: Homer's 'Iliad' book 1 (1-487), Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King' (esp. 1-215), and Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War' book 2 (esp. 47.3-54).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198844105

0198844107

OCLC:

1550454325

Publisher Number:

CIPO000301174