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The ancient scholia to Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus shed light on Alexandrian ways of engaging with this play, and are richer than those to the other Sophoclean plays. The last editor, Vittorio de Marco (1952), established a better text of these scholia than his predecessors, in as much as he had a fuller knowledge of their manuscript tradition and a better understanding of their stratified nature. Still, his work is marred by a number of inaccuracies, omissions and methodological shortcomings. The new edition by Georgios Xenis improves on de Marco's work by a careful examination of all the sources of the text and the conjectures proposed by scholars, and by relying on a clearly defined methodological framework. In this edition the scholia to the Oedipus at Colonus are restored in a textual state that is arguably the earliest we can recover, and is free of contradictions, unacceptable repetitions, and hybridisation or blending of elements from different versions. The critical text is accompanied by a detailed apparatus criticus, and is contextualised in its ancient scholarly tradition by means of a rich array of passages drawn from comparable sources. Extensive indices are provided at the end of the volume. The edition will be an invaluable resource for those engaged in the interpretation of Sophocles' tragedies and, in particular, of the Oedipus at Colonus, and will be of interest to classicists working on ancient literary criticism and ancient scholarship.
Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Greek drama (Tragedy). --- History and criticism. --- Sophocles. --- Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles). --- Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles) --- Critical edition. --- Kritische Edition. --- Oedipus. --- Sophokles. --- Ödipus. --- Sophocles --- Sophocle --- Sófocles --- Sofoklis --- Sofokl --- Sūfūklīs --- Sofokles --- Sūtmūklīs --- Sofocle --- Sophokles --- Sofokŭl --- סופוקלס --- سوفوكليس --- Σοφοκλῆς --- Sophoclis --- Oedipus Coloneus (Sophocles) --- Edipo a Colono (Sophocles) --- Aedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
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After fending off Persia in the fifth century BCE, Athens assumed a leadership position in the Aegean world. Initially it led the Delian League, a military alliance against the Persians, but eventually the league evolved into an empire with Athens in control and exacting tribute from its former allies. Athenians justified this subjection of their allies by emphasizing their fairness and benevolence towards them, which gave Athens the moral right to lead. But Athenians also believed that the strong rule over the weak and that dominating others allowed them to maintain their own freedom. These conflicting views about Athens’ imperial rule found expression in the theater, and this book probes how the three major playwrights dramatized Athenian imperial ideology. Through close readings of Aeschylus’ Eumenides, Euripides’ Children of Heracles, and Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, as well as other suppliant dramas, Angeliki Tzanetou argues that Athenian tragedy performed an important ideological function by representing Athens as a benevolent and moral ruler that treated foreign suppliants compassionately. She shows how memorable and disenfranchised figures of tragedy, such as Orestes and Oedipus, or the homeless and tyrant-pursued children of Heracles were generously incorporated into the public body of Athens, thus reinforcing Athenians’ sense of their civic magnanimity. This fresh reading of the Athenian suppliant plays deepens our understanding of how Athenians understood their political hegemony and reveals how core Athenian values such as justice, freedom, piety, and respect for the laws intersected with imperial ideology.
Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Tragédie grecque --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Aeschylus. --- Euripides. --- Sophocles. --- Macht. --- Tragödie. --- Politik. --- Greek drama (Tragedy). --- Aeschylus, --- Euripides, --- Sophocles, --- Children of Heracles (Euripides). --- Eumenides (Aeschylus). --- Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles). --- Griechenland. --- Athen. --- Tragédie grecque
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Greek drama (Tragedy) --- City and town life in literature. --- Heroes in literature. --- City and town life in literature. --- Greek drama (Tragedy). --- Heroes in literature. --- Literature. --- History and criticism. --- Sophocles. --- Oedipus, --- Sophocles. --- Oedipus, --- Sophocles, --- In literature. --- Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles).
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Comparative literature --- Thematology --- Classical Greek literature --- Oedipus (Greek mythology) --- Oedipus (Greek mythology) in literature --- Oedipus (Tale) --- Oedipe (Mythologie grecque) --- Oedipe (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Oedipe (Conte) --- Oedipe --- Drama --- History and criticism --- Sophocles --- Oedipus --- Characters --- In literature --- 82.04 --- 87.04 --- -Drama --- Drama, Modern --- Plays --- Stage --- Literature --- Acting --- Dialogue --- Literaire thema's --- Klassieke literatuur: thema's --- Philosophy --- -Oedipus. --- -Literaire thema's --- 87.04 Klassieke literatuur: thema's --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- Sofokles --- Sophocle --- Sofocle --- Sophokles --- Sofocles --- -87.04 Klassieke literatuur: thema's --- Oedipe (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Criticism --- Sophocles. --- Oedipus. --- Oedipe (Thème). --- Oedipus-motief. --- In literature. --- Drama - History and criticism --- Sophocles - Characters - Oedipus --- Oedipus - (Greek mythological figure) - In literature --- Sophocles - Oedipus Rex --- Sophocles - Oedipus at Colonus --- Oedipus - (Greek mythological figure)
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Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all-and why you might discover that reading and gardening are actually far more pleasurable than sex ever was.Filled with timeless wisdom and practical guidance, Cicero's brief, charming classic-written in 44 BC and originally titled On Old Age-has delighted and inspired readers, from Saint Augustine to Thomas Jefferson, for more than two thousand years. Presented here in a lively new translation with an informative new introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, the book directly addresses the greatest fears of growing older and persuasively argues why these worries are greatly exaggerated-or altogether mistaken.Montaigne said Cicero's book "gives one an appetite for growing old." The American founding father John Adams read it repeatedly in his later years. And today its lessons are more relevant than ever in a world obsessed with the futile pursuit of youth.
Old age --- 148 BC. --- 168 BC. --- 202 BC. --- 209 BC. --- 216 BC. --- 280 BC. --- 295 BC. --- 380 BC. --- 480 BC. --- 509 BC. --- 5th century BC. --- Aequi. --- Agriculture. --- Ancient Rome. --- Appius Claudius Caecus. --- Appius Claudius. --- Augur. --- Battle of Cannae. --- Battle of Pydna. --- Battle of Zama. --- Carthago delenda est. --- Cato the Elder. --- Cethegus. --- Cleanthes. --- Cognomen. --- Cyrus the Great. --- Cyrus the Younger. --- Darius II. --- De Legibus. --- De re publica. --- Democritus. --- Diogenes of Babylon. --- Ennius. --- Enthusiasm. --- Fabius Maximus. --- Flaccus. --- Gaius Fabricius Luscinus. --- Gaius Flaminius. --- Gaius Laelius. --- Gaius Pontius. --- Gaius Servilius Ahala. --- Gnaeus (praenomen). --- Gorgias. --- Greek literature. --- Hesiod. --- His Family. --- I Wish (manhwa). --- Isocrates. --- King of Rome. --- Laertes. --- Livius Andronicus. --- Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC). --- Lucius Caecilius Metellus (consul 251 BC). --- Lucius Junius Brutus. --- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. --- Manius Curius Dentatus. --- Manure. --- Marcus Atilius Regulus. --- Marcus Livius Salinator. --- Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger). --- Masinissa. --- Middle Ages. --- Middle age. --- Military tribune. --- Milo of Croton. --- Miser. --- Naevius. --- Oedipus at Colonus. --- Pelias. --- Philosopher. --- Plautus. --- Playwright. --- Publius Cornelius Scipio. --- Quintus Fabius Maximus. --- Rhetoric. --- Roman consul. --- Roman dictator. --- Sabines. --- Scipio Aemilianus. --- Scipio Africanus. --- Seleucid Empire. --- Self-control. --- Seriousness. --- Sophist. --- Sophocles. --- Spurius Maelius. --- Stesichorus. --- Terence. --- The Persians. --- Themistocles. --- Thermopylae. --- Third Punic War. --- Tiberius Coruncanius. --- Titus Pomponius Atticus. --- Titus Quinctius Flamininus. --- Tomb. --- Wise old man. --- Works and Days. --- Writing. --- Xenophon.
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Here, for the first time in English, is celebrated French classicist Jacques Jouanna's magisterial account of the life and work of Sophocles. Exhaustive and authoritative, this acclaimed book combines biography and detailed studies of Sophocles' plays, all set in the rich context of classical Greek tragedy and the political, social, religious, and cultural world of Athens's greatest age, the fifth century.Sophocles was the commanding figure of his day. The author of Oedipus Rex and Antigone, he was not only the leading dramatist but also a distinguished politician, military commander, and religious figure. And yet the evidence about his life has, until now, been fragmentary.Reconstructing a lost literary world, Jouanna has finally assembled all the available information, culled from inscriptions, archaeological evidence, and later sources. He also offers a huge range of new interpretations, from his emphasis on the significance of Sophocles' political and military offices (previously often seen as honorary) to his analysis of Sophocles' plays in the mythic and literary context of fifth-century drama.Written for scholars, students, and general readers, this book will interest anyone who wants to know more about Greek drama in general and Sophocles in particular. With an extensive bibliography and useful summaries not only of Sophocles' extant plays but also, uniquely, of the fragments of plays that have been partially lost, it will be a standard reference in classical studies for years to come.
Greek drama --- History and criticism. --- Sophocles --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Achaean Leaders. --- Aeschylus. --- Against Timarchus. --- Agathon. --- Alcibiades. --- Ancient Rome. --- Apollo. --- Apollonius of Rhodes. --- Ariadne. --- Aristeia. --- Arrival and Departure. --- Artaphernes (son of Artaphernes). --- Assemblywomen. --- Capture of Oechalia. --- Castor and Pollux. --- Celeus. --- Cimon. --- Clytemnestra. --- Critias. --- Cypria. --- Deianira. --- Demodice. --- Dirce. --- Dithyramb. --- Epic Cycle. --- Epigoni. --- Epigram. --- Eriphyle. --- Euphorion (playwright). --- Euripides. --- Eurystheus. --- Fasti. --- Greek mythology. --- Gylippus. --- Harmodius and Aristogeiton. --- Hippolytus (play). --- How It Happened. --- Ichneutae. --- Iophon. --- Iphigenia in Aulis. --- Iphigenia in Tauris. --- Iphigenia. --- Jocasta complex. --- Juvenal. --- Laertes. --- Laius. --- Laocoön. --- Laodocus. --- Laomedon. --- Lichas. --- Melanthius (Odyssey). --- Menelaus. --- Menestheus. --- Miasma (Greek mythology). --- Momus. --- Neoptolemus. --- Nicias. --- Odysseus. --- Oecles. --- Oedipus at Colonus. --- Oedipus the King. --- Oeneus. --- Oreste. --- Ostracism. --- Palamedes (Arthurian legend). --- Pandarus. --- Peace of Nicias. --- Peleus. --- Pelias. --- Philoctetes. --- Phineus (son of Belus). --- Polyxena. --- Pylades. --- Ridicule. --- Sarpedon. --- Satyr play. --- Semele. --- Seven Against Thebes. --- Sicilian Expedition. --- Sisyphus. --- Sophocles. --- Superiority (short story). --- Supplication. --- Tecmessa. --- Teucer. --- The Persians. --- The Phoenician Women. --- The Trojan Women. --- Thersander. --- Threnody. --- Thucydides. --- Tiresias. --- Tlepolemus. --- Tragedy. --- Tragic hero. --- Tragicomedy. --- Trojan War. --- V. --- Weighing of souls. --- Women of Trachis.
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