Interpreting Sophocles' Philoctetes through Aristotle's theory of tragedy
Subtitle: how do we educate people to be wise?
By: Martha C. Beck ; with a foreword by Elizabeth Hoppe.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780773451858
Subjects: Sophocles; Aristotle; Ethics in literature; Philoctetes (Greek mythology) in literature; Trojan War -- Literature and the war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Just and unjust rulers and the different types of constitution; title: Ethics; title: Politics; title: Applying Aristotle to Sophocles' Philoctetes : the personal virtues; title: Conclusion.