Sophocles

Philoctetes

Sophocles, Seth L. Schein (University of California, Davis)

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Cambridge University Press
12 September 2013

Theatre Studies; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Classical history & classical civilisation

Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

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 institutions and values, explores honor, power and expediency as principles of personal and political life, and represents contrasts and conflicts between innocence and experience, ends and means, and the needs and demands of the individual and those of society. This edition with commentary makes the play accessible to students, teachers, and other readers of Greek literature at all levels. The introduction discusses the main problems of interpretation and gives an account of its reception from antiquity to the present day.

By: Sophocles
Edited by: Seth L. Schein (University of California Davis)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780521681438
ISBN 10: 052168143X
Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 12 September 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Philoctetes; Commentary.

Seth L. Schein is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. His main areas of scholarly research and writing are Homeric epic and Attic tragedy.

Reviews for Sophocles: Philoctetes

'This volume is an excellent addition to an excellent series.' The Classical Journal 'This excellent commentary by Seth Schein … deserves to become both a frequent point of reference for scholars and a welcome resource for teachers and their pupils. Undergraduate students reading the play with me this term have reacted very positively to the book, especially to its careful explanation of the Greek and its full discussion of the play's dramatic and literary qualities … Schein has thought hard about what his target audience needs, and the fruits of that thinking are everywhere palpable.' P. J. Finglass, Bryn Mawr Classical Review