Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context

by Jacques Jouanna

Here, for the first time in English, is celebrated French classicist Jacques Jouanna's magisterial account of the life and work of Sophocles. Exhaustive and authoritative, this acclaimed book combines biography and detailed studies of Sophocles' plays, all set in the rich context of classical Greek tragedy and the political, social, religious, and cultural world of Athens's greatest age, the fifth century. Sophocles was the commanding figure of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691172072
• ISBN13: 9780691172071
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"