Sophocles and Alcibiades

by Michael Vickers

Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individuals is purely coincidental. In this book, Michael Vickers challenges this view and argues that Sophocles makes regular and extensive allusion to Athenian politics in his plays, especially to Alcibiades, one of the most controversial Athenian politicians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801447321
• ISBN13: 9780801447327
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher