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Sophocles: Philoctetes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Sophocles Philoctetes - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Author: Sophocles, Sophocles
Sophocles' Philoctetes is one of the most widely read Greek tragedies today but is a complex and challenging play to interpret. Its representation of Philoctetes as a sufferer of physical and emotional pain gives it remarkable power and intensity. It juxtaposes Homeric and fifth-century institutions and values, explores honor, power and expedien...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521862776
ISBN-10: 0521862779
Publication Date: 10/31/2013
Pages: 388
Edition: 2nd
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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