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9783110193268

Oedipus at Colonus

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    9783110193268

  • ISBN10:

    3110193264

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-03-01
  • Publisher: De Gruyter

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Summary

This is the first study of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus which offers a lucid discussion of the main developments in the interpretative scholarship on the play, including among others an incisive analysis of its historical, social, mythical, intertextual, and performative contexts.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
The Poet, the Polis and the Play
Introductionp. 9
Biographical: Sophocles and his Last Playp. 10
Tradition and Innovation: The Art of Sophocles and Oedipus at Colonusp. 21
The Great Dionysia: Oedipus at Colonus and the Performance Contextp. 30
The Athenian Grandeur: Oedipus at Colonus and the Historical Contextp. 35
Multiple Stories: The Oedipus Myth
Introductionp. 41
The Oedipus Myth: From Homer to Euripidesp. 43
Sophocles and Oedipus: A Show for Thebesp. 60
Sophocles and Oedipus: The Quest for Athens
Introductionp. 71
Prologuep. 72
Parodosp. 80
First Episodep. 84
First Stasimonp. 91
Second Episodep. 94
Second Stasimonp. 98
Third Episodep. 99
Third Stasimonp. 102
Fourth Episodep. 104
Fourth Stasimonp. 111
Exodosp. 113
Religion and History: The Future of Athens
Introductionp. 121
Tragedy and Ritual: Not Only a Suppliant Dramap. 123
Heroic Honour: Helping Friends, Harming Enemiesp. 140
Immortal Glory: Oedipus and Athensp. 157
Religion and Politics: The Oath of Athensp. 167
Tragic Intertextuality: Hope and Fear
Introductionp. 195
Intertextual Gamesp. 198
Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannusp. 203
Sophocles' Antigonep. 216
Death and Philia in Sophocles' Theban Playsp. 224
Influence and Performance: Oedipus and the World
Introductionp. 231
Influencep. 234
Performancep. 248
Conclusionp. 257
General Indexp. 349
Index of Greek Wordsp. 357
Index of Oedipus at Colonus Passagesp. 358
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