The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles

Poulheria Kyriakou

Published by De Gruyter 2011

The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles

Poulheria Kyriakou

Volume 11 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110257564

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About this book

The book studies the past of the characters in Aeschylus and Sophocles, a neglected but crucial topic. The characters’ beliefs, values, and emotions bear on their view of the past. This view reinforces their beliefs and their conception of themselves and others as agents of free will and members of a family and/or community. The study reveals that, although the characters’ idea of the past is fixed, the impact of the past is not. The characters consider, review, and construct narratives of it, as they seek to mould a future they perceive as morally just for themselves and others.

Author / Editor information

Poulheria Kyriakou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Reviews

"She [Poulheria Kyriakou] has produced a responsible and accurate reference work that will repay consultation by scholars working on Aeschylus or Sophocles, while developing a topic that can be fruitfully studied in any tragedy."
Justina Gregory in: BMCR 2012.05.46

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
A. AESCHYLUS
I. Persae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
II. Septem contra Thebas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
III. Supplices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
IV. Agamemnon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
V. Choephori and Eumenides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
B. SOPHOCLES
I. Ajax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
II. Philoctetes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
III. Electra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
IV. Trachiniae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
V. Oedipus Tyrannus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
VI. Oedipus Coloneus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	507
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	517
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	543
Index of passages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	559
Index of names and subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	591

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 606
Keywords: Aeschylus; Sophocles; Greek Tragedy; The Past; Free Will

eBook

Published: July 28, 2011
ISBN: 9783110257564

Hardcover

Published: July 18, 2011
ISBN: 9783110257526