LEADER 03686oam 2200709I 450 001 9910816115903321 005 20240405142932.0 010 $a1-317-49291-9 010 $a1-317-49292-7 010 $a1-315-71176-1 010 $a1-282-94727-3 010 $a9786612947278 010 $a1-84465-406-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315711768 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066649 035 $a(EBL)1886945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000674810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11447326 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000674810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10662729 035 $a(PQKB)11436378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1886945 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1886945 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10455668 035 $a(OCoLC)898104242 035 $a(OCoLC)958110036 035 $a(OCoLC)1204298925 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136180 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781844654062 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066649 100 $a20180706e20142008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSophocles and Alcibiades $eAthenian politics in ancient Greek literature /$fMichael Vickers 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 205 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aFirst published 2008 by Acumen. 311 $a0-367-87224-2 311 $a1-84465-123-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aThe mythologizing of history -- Antigone, Pericles and Alcibiades -- Oedipus Tyrannus, Alcibiades, Cleon and Aspasia -- Ajax, Alcibiades and Andocides -- Philoctetes, Alcibiades, Andocides and Pericles -- Alcibiades in exile : Euripides' Cyclops -- Oedipus at Colonus, Alcibiades and Critias -- Critias and Alcibiades : Euripides' Bacchae -- Alcibiades and Melos : Thucydides 5.84-116 -- Thucydides on tyrannicides : not a "digression" -- Alcibiades and Persia (and more Thucydidean "digressions") -- Alcibiades and Critias in the Gorgias: Plato's "fine satire." 330 $aLiterary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist, Sophocles deal purely with archetypes of the heroic past and that any resemblance to contemporary events or individuals is purely coincidental. In this book Michael Vickers challenges this view and argues that Sophocles makes regular and extensive allusion to Athenian politics in his plays, especially to Alcibiades, one of the most controversial Athenian politicians of his day. Vickers shows that Sophocles was no closeted intellectual but a man deeply involved in politics and he reminds us that Athenian politics was intensely personal. He argues cogently that classical writers employed hidden meanings and that consciously or sub-consciously, Sophocles was projecting onto his plays hints of contemporary events or incidents, mostly of a political nature, hoping that his audience’s passion for politics would enhance the popularity of his plays. 517 3 $aSophocles & Alcibiades 606 $aPolitics in literature 606 $aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism 607 $aAthens (Greece)$xIn literature 615 0$aPolitics in literature. 615 0$aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a881.0109 700 $aVickers$b Michael.$0157707 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816115903321 996 $aSophocles and Alcibiades$91224306 997 $aUNINA