Book description
A Companion to Sophocles
presents the first comprehensive collection of essays in decades to
address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles.
- First collection of its kind to provide introductory essays to the
fragments of his lost plays and to the remaining fragments of one
satyr-play, the Ichneutae, in addition to each of his extant tragedies
- Features new essays on Sophoclean drama that go well beyond the
current state of scholarship on Sophocles
- Presents readings that historicize Sophocles in relation to the
social, cultural, and intellectual world of fifth century Athens
- Seeks to place later interpretations and adaptations of Sophocles
in their historical context
- Includes essays dedicated to issues of gender and sexuality;
significant moments in the history of interpreting Sophocles; and
reception of Sophocles by both ancient and modern playwrights
Kirk Ormand
is Associate Professor of Classics at Oberlin. He is the author of
Exchange and the Maiden: Marriage in Sophoclean Tragedy
(1999) and Controlling Desires: Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome
(2008), as well as articles on Hesiod, Euripides, Lucan, Ovid, and the
Greek Novel.
