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Sophocles - Philoctetes (Hardcover)
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Sophocles - Philoctetes (Hardcover)
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Like other classical Greek tragedies, Sophocles' Philoctetes is an
extraordinarily timely and timeless play. Dramatising the efforts
of people who had wronged him to bring the play's hero,
Philoctetes, to join the Greek forces in their war against Troy, it
traces the moral and emotional development of the young Neoptolemos
as he struggles between the values of honesty and deceit, honour
and expedience. This is an introduction to the play for students
and lay readers. The well focused chapters on Greek theatre and
performance, the mythical background, and the literary,
intellectual, and political context in which the play was written
and first performed illuminate the issues with which the play
grapples. Its persuasive analyses of the characters and plot shed
light on the play's complexities and ambiguities. All in all, the
book makes Sophocles' great play more accessible, enjoyable, and
meaningful to modern readers who want to know more about the world
of classical Greek tragedy.
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