Trachiniae (Hardcover)

Sophocles; Edited by Malcolm Davies

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Sophocles' Trachiniae (`Women of Trachis') is named after the chorus of this tragedy which is concerned with the innocent and ill-fated attempt of Deianeira to win back her husband Heracles after he has sacked the city of Oechalia and fallen in love with the daughter of the defeated king. Over the years, the play has suffered sustained criticism because of the difficulties it presents of reconciling the plot, language, and characterization with Sophocles' other works. Recently, however, much work has been done to achieve a better understanding of the play in isolation and to increase modern regard for it. In a thought-provoking introduction, Dr Davies discusses the merits of the play, the question of its unity, its treatment of the hero Heracles, the story's pre-sophoclean tradition, and the evidence of contemporary art. In the commentary itself he discusses textual problems that arise from a frequently corrupt and uncertain text, as well as wider issues of interpretation. the text which is reproduced and presupposed in the commentary is the recently established Oxford Classical Text of Lloyd-Jones and Wilson

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1991
Authors:	Sophocles
Editors:	Malcolm Davies (University Lecturer in Greek and Latin Literature and Fellow and Tutor in Classics)
Dimensions:	219 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	330
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-814899-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-814899-2
Barcode:	9780198148999