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Sophocles

A Very Short Introduction

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By: Edith Hall
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
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This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian.

Placing his plays within their historical context, and explaining the conventions of ancient Greek tragic theatre, Edith Hall spotlights their distinctive features—tight plots, titanic personalities, lucid style, sympathetic women, exquisite poetry, and stagecraft. This analysis is followed by an account of how and why Sophoclean dramas have survived to be read and widely performed into the twenty-first century.

©2025 Edith Hall (P)2025 Tantor Media
Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Collections Literary History & Criticism Ancient History Ancient Greece
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