Sophocles Philoctetes /
Sophocles' Philoctetes is one of the most widely read Greek tragedies today but is a complex and challenging play to interpret. Its representation of Philoctetes as a sufferer of physical and emotional pain gives it remarkable power and intensity. It juxtaposes Homeric and fifth-century institu...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013
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Series: | Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
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