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Is Sophocles the poet "more important" than Sophocles the moralist, Sophocles the student of character, or Sophocles the storyteller? In this acclaimed work, eminent classicist Richmond Lattimore examines the complex and varied ways in which Greek poetry contributes to Greek drama. While acknowledging the difficulty of separating poetry-especially in translation-from other aspects of language, Lattimore offers keen insight into plays by Aeschylus ( The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, Prometheus Bound), Sophocles ( Ajax, Oedipus Tyrannus), and Euripides ( Medea, Helen, The Bacchae).

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Poetry of Greek Tragedy
• Author: Richmond Lattimore
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• EAN: 9780801872600
• ISBN: 080187260X
• ID: 04709293
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Weight: 246 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 140 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. March 2003

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