LEADER 04036nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910960787703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674043428 010 $a0674043421 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043428 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006972 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050887 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000428500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11277364 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10414212 035 $a(PQKB)11211485 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300771 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10362248 035 $a(OCoLC)923117213 035 $a(DE-B1597)574444 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043428 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300771 035 $a(OCoLC)1294423682 035 $a(Perlego)1148498 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006972 100 $a19950330d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSophocles' tragic world $edivinity, nature, society /$fCharles Segal 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) 300 $aOriginally published: 1995. 311 0 $a9780674821002 311 0 $a0674821009 311 0 $a9780674821019 311 0 $a0674821017 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-268) and index. 327 $aPreface Introduction Drama and Perspective in Ajax Myth, Poetry, and Heroic Values in the Trachinian Women Time, Oracles, and Marriage in the Trachinian Women Philoctetes and the Imperishable Piety Lament and Closure in Antigone Time and Knowledge in the Tragedy of Oedipus Freud, Language, and the Unconscious The Gods and the Chorus: Zeus in Oedipus Tyrannus Earth in Oedipus Tyrannus Abbreviations Notes Index 330 $bMuch has been written about the heroic figures of Sophocles' powerful dramas. Now Charles Segal focuses our attention not on individual heroes and heroines, but on the world that inspired and motivated their actions--a universe of family, city, nature, and the supernatural. He shows how these ancient masterpieces offer insight into the abiding question of tragedy: how one can make sense of a world that involves so much apparently meaningless violence and suffering. In a series of engagingly written interconnected essays, Segal studies five of Sophocles' seven extant plays: Ajax , Oedipus Tyrannus , Philoctetes , Antigone , and the often neglected Trachinian Women . He examines the language and structure of the plays from several interpretive perspectives, drawing both on traditional philological analysis and on current literary and cultural theory. He pays particular attention to the mythic and ritual backgrounds of the plays, noting Sophocles' reinterpretation of the ancient myths. His delineation of the heroes and their tragedies encompasses their relations with city and family, conflicts between men and women, defiance of social institutions, and the interaction of society, nature, and the gods. Segal's analysis sheds new light on Sophocles' plays--among the most widely read works of classical literature--and on their implications for Greek views on the gods, moral life, and sexuality. 606 $aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aReligious drama, Greek$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreece 606 $aGods, Greek, in literature 606 $aNature in literature 615 0$aGreek drama (Tragedy)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aReligious drama, Greek$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society 615 0$aGods, Greek, in literature. 615 0$aNature in literature. 676 $a882.01 700 $aSegal$b Charles$f1936-$0153616 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960787703321 996 $aSophocles' tragic world$9825031 997 $aUNINA