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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464842103321

Autore

Markantonatos Andreas

Titolo

Oedipus at Colonus [[electronic resource] ] : Sophocles, Athens, and the world / / by Andreas Markantonatos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2007

ISBN

3-11-092048-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; ; 87

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature

Narration (Rhetoric) - History - To 1500

Rhetoric, Ancient

Tragedy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Poet, the Polis and the Play -- Chapter 2. Multiple Stories: The Oedipus Myth -- Chapter 3. Sophocles and Oedipus: The Quest for Athens -- Chapter 4. Religion and History: The Future of Athens -- Chapter 5. Tragic Intertextuality: Hope and Fear -- Chapter 6. Influence and Performance: Oedipus and the World -- Conclusion -- General Index -- Index of Greek Words -- Index of Oedipus at Colonus Passages

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to offer a contemporary literary interpretation of the play, including a readable discussion of its underlying historical, religious, moral, social, and mythical issues.  Also, it discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play, the main intertextual affiliations with earlier Thebes-related tragedies, especially focusing on Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, and the literature and performance reception of the play; it contains an up-to-date bibliography and detailed indices. The book won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.