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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789639903321

Autore

Kyriakou Poulheria

Titolo

The past in Aeschylus and Sophocles [[electronic resource] /] / by Poulheria Kyriakou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2011

ISBN

1-283-40058-8

9786613400581

3-11-025756-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (608 p.)

Collana

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, , 1868-4785 ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Characters and characteristics in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- A. AESCHYLUS -- I. Persae -- II. Septem contra Thebas -- III. Supplices -- IV. Agamemnon -- V. Choephori and Eumenides -- B. SOPHOCLES -- I. Ajax -- II. Philoctetes -- III. Electra -- IV. Trachiniae -- V. Oedipus Tyrannus -- VI. Oedipus Coloneus -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index of passages -- Index of names and subjects

Sommario/riassunto

The book studies the past of the characters in Aeschylus and Sophocles, a neglected but crucial topic. The characters' beliefs, values, and emotionsbear on their view of the past. This view reinforces their beliefs and their conception of themselves and others as agentsof 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.