Euripides and the Sophists
Subtitle: some dramatic treatments of philosophical ideas
By: D.J. Conacher
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation; Sophists (Greek philosophy)
Description: "This work describes how Euripides provides, in specific plays, a variety of original treatments of well-known views of his contemporaries, the Sophists. The emphasis is on Euripides as the creative virtuoso of dramatic ideas rather than as a philosopher. Euripides' adaptation covers a range of dramatic styles and approaches, from the tragic treatment of the nature in 'Hippolytus', to the near parody of Sophistic views on sense-perception in 'Helen'."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This work describes how Euripides provides, in specific plays, a variety of original treatments of well-known views of his contemporaries, the Sophists. The emphasis is on Euripides as the creative virtuoso of dramatic ideas rather than as a philosopher. Euripides' adaptation covers a range of dramatic styles and approaches, from the tragic treatment of the nature in "Hippolytus", to the near parody of Sophistic views on sense-perception in "Helen"
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index