Sophocles
By: by Ruth Scodel.
Series: Twayne's world authors series ;
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Tragedy
Description: Presents the life and works of the Greek playwright Sophocles.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 146-150.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Sophocles and Athens -- Against time and chance : Ajax -- A deceptive world : women of Trachis -- The causes of ruin: Antigone -- A hidden God : Oedipus the King -- Word and deed : Electra -- A desert island : Philoctetes -- Time defeated : Oedipus at Colonus -- The Sophoclean achievement.