Oedipus at Thebes: Sophocles Tragic Hero and His Time

by Bernard Knox

Book Overview

In this widely praised book, an eminent classicist examines Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus in the context of fifth-century B.C. Athens. In attempting to discover what the play meant to Sophocles' contemporaries-and in particular in disentangling Sophocles' ideas from Freud's psychoanalytical interpretations-Bernard Knox casts fresh light on its timeless and universal nature. For this edition, Knox has provided a new preface and a list of suggested readings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300074239
• ISBN13: 9780300074239
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"