The Past in Aeschylus and Sophocles

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-025752-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 606 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1046 g

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

The book studies the past of the characters in Aeschylus and Sophocles, a neglected but crucial topic. The characters’ beliefs, values, and emotions bear on their view of the past. This view reinforces their beliefs and their conception of themselves and others as agents of free will and members of a family and/or community. The study reveals that, although the characters’ idea of the past is fixed, the impact of the past is not. The characters consider, review, and construct narratives of it, as they seek to mould a future they perceive as morally just for themselves and others.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kyriakou, Poulheria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Über Autor(innen)

Poulheria Kyriakou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.