This book contains essays by international experts on Sophocles, asking why he matters, and why he is still read and performed today. His seven surviving traged

Written by one of the best-known interpreters of classical literature today, Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on the work of

This generous selection of published essays by the distinguished classicist Charles Segal represents over twenty years of critical inquiry into the questions of

In this book, Peter Ahrensdorf examines Sophocles' powerful analysis of a central question of political philosophy and a perennial question of political life: s

An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary