Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context

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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

Jacques Jouanna is a member of the Institut de France and professor emeritus of Greek at the Universite de Paris-Sorbonne. His many books include Hippocrates and Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen.

"[Jouanna's} book will give both classicists and general readers hours of pleasure. It is encyclopaedic, detailed, fascinating, readable and tremendous value for money."---Marion Gibbs, Classics for All "Regardless of its entanglements with democratic culture, Greek tragedy remains a nebulous, shimmering planet just barely visible to the naked human eye. Immense imagination and enormous erudition seem requisite to approaching the greatness and complexity of Sophocles' oeuvre. Jouanna has advanced the world's understanding closer to this elusive goal. "---Joel Aiden Schlosser, Polis, The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought (AGPT) "A magnificent companion to Sophocles."---Jarsolav Danes, Eirene - Studia Graeca et Latina