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Sophocles and Alcibiades - Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature (Hardcover)
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Sophocles and Alcibiades - Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature (Hardcover)
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Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the
Greek dramatist Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic
past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individuals
is purely coincidental. In this book, Michael Vickers challenges
this view and argues that Sophocles makes regular and extensive
allusion to Athenian politics in his plays, especially to
Alcibiades, one of the most controversial Athenian politicians of
his day. Vickers shows that Sophocles was deeply involved in
Athenian political life, which was often intensely personal. He
argues cogently that classical writers employed hidden meanings and
that Sophocles consciously or subconsciously projected onto his
plays hints of contemporary events or incidents, mostly of a
political nature, hoping that his audience's passion for politics
would enhance the popularity of his plays. Vickers strengthens his
case about Sophocles by discussing authors-Thucydides, Plato, and
Euripides-whose work contains a body of allusions to Alcibiades and
others.
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