An Introduction to Sophocles

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-16149-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Professor Webster was a well-known, prolific writer on the Greek theatre. For this second edition of An Introduction to Sophocles, originally published in 1969, he provided additions and corrections to a work that had proved its value since its first appearance in 1936.

After a chapter on the life of Sophocles and the chronology of his plays, the book gives accounts of his thought, characters, plots, songs and style. This edition also incorporates an appendix on the early plays, with a review of the available evidence.

The scholarly text is still an invaluable aid to students of Sophocles; as a reviewer said when it first appeared, the work is ‘indispensable for a detailed study of Sophocles’ (Greece & Rome, vol. vi, no.16).

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Webster, T. B. L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. 1. Life 2. Thought 3. Characters 4. Character-Drawing 5. Plot Construction 6. Song 7. Style 8. Conclusion. Appendix on the Chronology of the Fragments. Additional Notes. Addenda and Corrigenda to First Edition. Appendix on the Early Plays. Index Locorum. General Index.

Über Autor(innen)

T. B. L. (Thomas Bertram Lonsdale) Webster (1905–1974) was a British archaeologist and classicist, particularly interested in Greek comedy. He started his career as Hulme Professor of Greek at Manchester University, where he remained for seventeen years. He then moved on to the chair of Greek at University College London, where he established the London Institute of Classical Studies. His final position was at Stanford University where he was Professor of Classics, Emeritus.